Vivienne Vermes has performed her work throughout Europe at major international festivals, and in many other venues.

She has published three collections of poetry: Sand Woman (Rebus, 2000), Metamorphoses (L’Harmattan, 2003) and Passages (L’Harmattan, 2005) in bilingual English-French editions with co-author Anne Mounic. In 1997, she was winner of the Piccadilly Poets’ award.

She believes that it is possible to write good poetry that is accessible, funny and moving. Drawing together threads of humour and sadness, her work expresses both the joy and contradictions of the poet’s Irish and Hungarian roots.