Ita Daly

Ita Daly (born 1945) is an Irish author of five novels for adults, two for children and a collection of short stories.

Biography

Ita Daly was born in 1945 in Drumshanbo, County Leitrim, Ireland. She was the daughter of a civil servant. She was educated in the St. Louis High School in Dublin and then went on to study English and Spanish at University College Dublin. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts and Higher Diploma in Education. Daly worked as a teacher for eleven years at a secondary school in Dublin. Daly was married to writer David Marcus and has one daughter. She left teaching when her daughter was born. She lives in Dublin. She is a member of Aosdána^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]}

Awards

• In both 1972 and 1976 she was awarded the Hennessy Literary Award
• In 1975 she won the short story contest in The Irish Times

Bibliography

• The Lady with the Red Shoes (1980)
• Unholy ghosts;dt. The lost past (2000)
• Irish Myths & Legends in (2000)
• All Fall Down (1992)
• Dangerous Fictions (1991)
• A Singular Attraction (1987)
• Ellen (1986)
• Candy on the Dart (1989)
• Candy and Sharon Olé (1991)

References