Finuala Dowling

Finuala Dowling alizaliwa Afrika Kusini, Mnamo mwezi Juni mwaka 1962 ni mshairi na mwandishi.
 Wasifu 
Ni mtoto wa saba kati ya watoto nane waliozaliwa na watangazaji wa redio Eve van der Byl na Paddy Dowling,Finuala Dowling alipata Shahada ya pili ya Kiingereza kutoka  chuo cha  Cape Town (UCT) na D.Litt. kutoka Chuo Kikuu cha Afrika Kusini (UNISA), Ambapo alifundisha kingereza kwa miaka nane.

Antholojia yake ya kwanza ya shairi I Flying, ilichapishwa mnamo mwaka  2002 na kushinda tuzo ya Ingrid Jonker.Ameshinda pia Tuzo ya Sanlam ya Ushairi na Tuzo ya Olive Schreiner.Mwaka 2012 Alishinda tuzo  ya Fasihi ya M-Net katika kategoria ya Kiingereza ya Utengenezaji wa Nyumba kwa Wanyonge wa Moyo.

Yeye pamoja na Tessa na Cara Dowling wameanzisha kampuni ya burudani inayojulika kwa jina la Dowling Sisters Productions.

 Familia 
Dowling anaishi Muizenberg, Cape Town na binti yake.

 Mashairi 
I Flying, Carapace (2002)
Doo-Wop Girls of the Universe, Penguin (2006)
Notes from the Dementia Ward, Kwela Books/Snailpress (2008)
Pretend You Don't Know Me: New and Selected Poems, Bloodaxe Books (2018)

 Riwaya 
What Poets Need, Penguin (2005)
Flyleaf, Penguin (2007)
Homemaking for the Down-at-Heart, Kwela Books (2011)
The Fetch, Kwela Books (2015)
Okay, Okay, Okay, Kwela Books (2019)

 Kuonekana katika antholojia 
Portraits of African Writers, ed. George Hallett, Wits University Press (2006)
Lovely Beyond Any Singing: Landscape in South African Literature, Helen Moffett, Double Storey (2006)

 Tuzo  
Ingrid Jonker Prize for I Flying (2004)
Sanlam Award for Poetry for Doo-Wop Girls of the Universe (2006)
Olive Schreiner Prize for Notes from the Dementia Ward (2010)"Finuala Dowling" , nb.
M-Net Literary Award (English category) for Homemaking for the Down-at-Heart (2012)
Media24 Books Literary Awards|Herman Charles Bosman Award for The Fetch

Tanbihi

Jamii:Waliozaliwa 1962
Jamii:Watu walio hai
Jamii:Wanawake wa Afrika Kusini
Jamii:Watu wa Afrika Kusini
Jamii:Waandishi wa Afrika Kusini