Nell Regan

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Nell Regan - Long Biography

Nell Regan is a poet, non-fiction writer and translator living in Dublin. Her latest collection is Thirty-Six Views of the Sugarloaf (2026), her fourth book with Arlen House who published her debut Preparing for Spring (shortlisted for the Strong First Collection, Glen Dimplex New Writers and Vincent Buckley Awards) and the biography Helena Molony: A Radical Life, 1883 – 1967, an Irish Independent Book of the Year, 2017. A Gap in the Clouds: A New Translation of the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu with James Hadley was published by Dedalus Press in 2021.

She has been a Fellow at the International Writing Programme, Iowa, a Fulbright Scholar at UC Berkeley and recipient of The Patrick and Katherine Kavanagh Trust Fellowship, Arts Council Literature Bursaries and the Basic Artist Income (pilot scheme). Her co-translation of Micheál Mac Liammóir’s Irish language poetry, Bláth agus Taibhse/ Flower and Ghost and her debut children’s book for children, Just Jump are both forthcoming.

Nell Regan - Short Biography

Nell Regan is a poet and non-fiction writer. She has been a Fellow at the International Writing Programme, Iowa and well as a recent Patrick and Katherine Kavanagh Fellow. Her latest book is Thirty-Six Views of the Sugarloaf (2026), her fourth book with Arlen House.

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