Queva Griffin

Queva Griffin (born 10 August 1983[1] - May 2003[2]) was an Irish poet.[3][4][1] A sufferer of Cystic fibrosis, Griffin was a double organ recipient, the first person under-25 to survive a heart-lung double transplant.[5] She published a book of poetry as a fundraiser for the costs associated with her illness.[2] She was named Young Person of the Year in 1998 for her courage during the transplant process.[4][6] She died in May 2003, after picking up an infection.[2]

Works
  • The Light:A collection of poems 1996 [7]
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gollark: If I do silly things the compiler has to say so.
gollark: Of course it does.
gollark: Oh, the long long long thing errors, but I made it idiomatic by using uintptr_t instead.
gollark: GCC arbitrary-size integers patch time!

References
  1. Shanahan, Mary (11 August 1998). "Happy returns for the birthday girl ..." Irish Independent. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  2. MacNamara, Roughan (27 October 2003). "This marathon's for Queva". The Sun. p. 4. Retrieved 12 December 2016 – via InfoTrac Newsstand.
  3. Taylor, Richie (29 June 1998). "What a little gem". The Sun. p. 13. Retrieved 12 December 2016 – via InfoTrac Newsstand.
  4. Pollack, Andy (10 November 1998). "Taoiseach praises `remarkable people' at award ceremony". Irish Times. Retrieved 5 Dec 2016.
  5. Young, Caoimhe (22 July 2000). "Ireland To Get Vital Op Unit". The Mirror. Retrieved 5 Dec 2016 – via The Free Library.
  6. Reid, Lorna (10 November 1998). "US senator scoops award for brokering North deal". Independent News & Media. Retrieved 12 December 2016. Dublin schoolgirl Queva Griffin (16) was named as the Young Irish Person of the Year
  7. "The light, : a collection of poems by Queva Griffin, / Queva Griffin". National Collection of Children's Books. TCD.ie. Retrieved 12 December 2016.


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