Professor Daniel Roy Connelly Wins Cúirt New Writing Prize for Poetry

Professor Daniel Roy Connelly

Literature and Theater Professor Daniel Roy Connelly has won the 2015 Cúirt New Writing Prize for poetry. In addition to a cash prize of €500, Prof. Connelly will have the opportunity to read during the Cúirt International Festival of Literature, which takes place in Galway City, Ireland in April.

A former British diplomat, Professor Connelly has taught at John Cabot University since 2011. This semester he is teaching Public Speaking and Shakespeare and Italy.

Learn more about studying English Language and Literature in Rome at John Cabot University.

Read Prof. Connelly’s award-winning poems here.