Agnes Walsh (born 1950) is a

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and storyteller from

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. Born in

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, Walsh has won Newfoundland and Labrador Arts and Letters awards for poetry as well as TickleAce poetry and ballad writing awards. Her poems have been translated into French and

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. She has toured Canada, the eastern

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, and

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reading from her work. Walsh is also the founder of the Tramore Theatre Troupe on the

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, an ensemble dedicated to preserving and presenting the

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of that area. The group has performed to packed houses in both Newfoundland and Ireland and hosted Irish cultural exchanges to the

area. She has adapted

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-winning Icelandic author

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's The Atom Station for the theatre. In 2006, Walsh was named the first

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of St. John's.

Bibliography

* ''In the Old Country of My Heart'' (1996) * ''In the Old Country of My Heart'' audiobook edition (2003) * ''Going Around with Bachelors'' (2007) * ''Answer Me Home: Plays from Tramore Theatre'' (2011) * ''Oderin'' (2018)

References

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