Official festival opening by novelist, playwright and documentary filmmaker, Cónal Creedon.
Recipient of the Lord Mayor’s Culture Award 2020, he was appointed cultural ambassador to the City of Cork 2019 and adjunct Professor of Creative Writing at UCC 2017. Cónal's friendly and humorous style has made him a regular at International literary festivals and a guest lecturer in most universities in Ireland, and as far afield as New York University – NYU, Florence University, James Joyce Foundation at Zurich University, Fudan University Shanghai. Cónal's short stories have achieved recognised in numerous awards, And his novel, Begotten Not Made was awarded the prestigious Eric Hoffer Award USA 2020 and his historical fiction, Art Imitating Life Imitating Death, was awarded the IP Gold Award USA 2023. Cónal’s film documentaries are regularly screened at internationally renowned festivals and universities – including World Expo 2010 China. His stage plays have achieved high critical acclaim and picked up a number of awards in New York – with productions at home in Ireland and internationally in Shanghai, China and New York, USA.
“ By Cónal Creedon, such moments resound with wince-inducing authenticity before they are eclipsed by an inspirational twist – words with the faintly Scandinavian accent of Munster, soar like a bracing breeze off the River Lee.”
Andy Webster – New York Times
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