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South African poet and writer

Finuala Dowling (born June ) is a South African poet and writer.^[1][2]

Biography

The seventh of eight children born to radio broadcasters Eve van der Byl and Paddy Dowling, Finuala Dowling obtained an MA in English from the University of Cape Town (UCT), and a from the University of South Africa (UNISA), where she lectured in English for eight years.^[1][3]

Her first poetry anthology, I Flying, was published in and won the Ingrid Jonker Prize.

Novels - Finuala Dowling

She has also won the Sanlam Award for Poetry and the Olive Schreiner Prize. She won the M-Net Literary Award (English category) for Homemaking for the Down-at-Heart.^[4]

With Tessa and Cara Dowling she has set up an entertainment company, Dowling Sisters Productions.

Family

Dowling lives in Kalk Bay, Cape Town with her daughter Beatrice, who also writes poetry.^[5]

Publications

Poetry

• I Flying, Carapace ()[