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Close To Home (Magee Novel)
Michael Magee (born May 1990, also known as Michael Nolan) is a writer from Northern Ireland. His first novel, ''Close to Home'', won the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature, was a category winner in the Nero Book Awards, and was the Waterstone's Irish Book of the Year. Early life and education Magee was born in May 1990 in a Irish republicanism , republican family and grew up in Poleglass, on the edge of west Belfast. He attended the De La Salle College, Belfast, Christian Brothers school at Andersonstown "sporadically", but went on to study at Liverpool John Moores University and earn a PhD in creative writing at Queen's University Belfast. Writing career Magee's first novel, ''Close to Home'' (2023), won the 2023 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature and was category winner for debut fiction in the 2023 Nero Book Awards, and was the Waterstones Irish Book of the Year. ''The Guardian'' reviewer described it as "a staggeringly humane and tender evocation of class, violence and the ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rooney Prize For Irish Literature
The Rooney Prize for Irish Literature was created in 1976 by the Irish American businessman Dan Rooney, owner and chairman of the NFL Pittsburgh Steelers franchise and former US Ambassador to Ireland. The prize is awarded to Irish writers aged under 40 who are published in Irish or English. Although often associated with individual books, it is intended to reward a body of work. Originally worth £750,"An Irishman's Diary", ''The Irish Times'', 7 May 1976. the current value of the prize is €10,000.Caroline Walsh, "Loose Leaves", ''The Irish Times'', 21 June 2008. List of recipients * 1976: Heno Magee * 1977: Desmond Hogan * 1978: Peter Sheridan * 1979: Kate Cruise O'Brien, ''A Gift Horse'' (short stories) * 1980: Bernard Farrell * 1981: Neil Jordan * 1982: Medbh McGuckian; Special prize awarded to Seán Ó Tuama and Thomas Kinsella for ''An Duanaire / Poems of the Dispossessed'' * 1983: Dorothy Nelson, ''In Night's City'' (novel) * 1984: Ronan Sheehan * 1985: Frank McGuin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |