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Jennifer Johnston (novelist)
Jennifer Johnston (born 12 January 1930) is an Irish novelist. She has won a number of awards, including the Whitbread Book Award for ''The Old Jest'' in 1979 and a Lifetime Achievement from the Irish Book Awards (2012). ''The Old Jest'', a novel about the Irish War of Independence, was later made into a film called ''The Dawning'', starring Anthony Hopkins, produced by Sarah Lawson and directed by Robert Knights. Biography She was born in Dublin to Irish actress and director Shelah Richards and Irish playwright Denis Johnston. A cousin of actress and film star Geraldine Fitzgerald, via Fitzgerald's mother, Edith (née Richards), Jennifer Johnston was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. For decades, she lived in Derry, and currently lives near Dublin. Other cousins include the actresses Tara Fitzgerald and Susan Fitzgerald. Johnston was born into the Church of Ireland and many of her novels deal with the fading of the Protestant Anglo-Irish ascendancy in the 20th century. She ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish People
The Irish ( ga, Muintir na hÉireann or ''Na hÉireannaigh'') are an ethnic group and nation native to the island of Ireland, who share a common history and culture. There have been humans in Ireland for about 33,000 years, and it has been continually inhabited for more than 10,000 years (see Prehistoric Ireland). For most of Ireland's recorded history, the Irish have been primarily a Gaelic people (see Gaelic Ireland). From the 9th century, small numbers of Vikings settled in Ireland, becoming the Norse-Gaels. Anglo-Normans also conquered parts of Ireland in the 12th century, while England's 16th/17th century conquest and colonisation of Ireland brought many English and Lowland Scots to parts of the island, especially the north. Today, Ireland is made up of the Republic of Ireland (officially called Ireland) and Northern Ireland (a part of the United Kingdom). The people of Northern Ireland hold various national identities including British, Irish, Northern Irish or som ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglo-Irish
Anglo-Irish people () denotes an ethnic, social and religious grouping who are mostly the descendants and successors of the English Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland. They mostly belong to the Anglican Church of Ireland, which was the established church of Ireland until 1871, or to a lesser extent one of the English dissenting churches, such as the Methodist church, though some were Roman Catholics. They often defined themselves as simply "British", and less frequently "Anglo-Irish", "Irish" or "English". Many became eminent as administrators in the British Empire and as senior army and naval officers since Kingdom of England and Great Britain were in a real union with the Kingdom of Ireland until 1800, before politically uniting into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) for over a century. The term is not usually applied to Presbyterians in the province of Ulster, whose ancestry is mostly Lowland Scottish, rather than English or Irish, and who are sometimes id ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Railway Station Man
''The Railway Station Man'' is a 1992 British drama film directed by Michael Whyte, and starring Julie Christie, Donald Sutherland and John Lynch. It was based on the 1984 novel of the same name by Irish writer Jennifer Johnston. It was filmed on location in Glencolumbkille, County Donegal, Ireland. Cast Cast members include: * Julie Christie - Helen Cuffe * Donald Sutherland Donald McNichol Sutherland (born 17 July 1935) is a Canadian actor whose film career spans over six decades. He has been nominated for nine Golden Globe Awards, winning two for his performances in the television films ''Citizen X'' (1995) an ... - Roger Hawthorne * John Lynch - Damian Sweeney * Mark Tandy - Manus Dempsey * Frank McCusker - Jack Cuffe * Ingrid Craigie - Mary Heron * Johnny O'Doherty Craig - Young Jack Cuffe References External links * ''The Railway Station Man'' irishfilm.net; accessed 10 June 2014. 1992 films 1992 drama films British drama films Films based on Irish n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Christmas Tree (novel)
''The Christmas Tree'' is Irish author Jennifer Johnston's sixth novel, first published in 1981 by Hamish Hamilton. It has been suggested by ''The Irish Times'' as being her finest work,City of Words - Dublin and its writers ''The Irish Times''. Retrieved 2012-09-26. and was chosen by the '''' to be published as one of the books its "Irish Women Writers" collection. It is one of U.S. writer 's favourite books and was adapted for television in 1986. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Nightingale And Not The Lark
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shadows On Our Skin
A shadow is a dark area where light from a light source is blocked by an opaque object. It occupies all of the three-dimensional volume behind an object with light in front of it. The cross section of a shadow is a two-dimensional silhouette, or a reverse projection of the object blocking the light. Point and non-point light sources A point source of light casts only a simple shadow, called an "umbra". For a non-point or "extended" source of light, the shadow is divided into the umbra, penumbra, and antumbra. The wider the light source, the more blurred the shadow becomes. If two penumbras overlap, the shadows appear to attract and merge. This is known as the shadow blister effect. The outlines of the shadow zones can be found by tracing the rays of light emitted by the outermost regions of the extended light source. The umbra region does not receive any direct light from any part of the light source and is the darkest. A viewer located in the umbra region cannot directly se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
How Many Miles To Babylon? (novel)
''How Many Miles to Babylon?'' is a novel by Irish writer Jennifer Johnston, first published in 1974. The novel explores the relationship of two men, an Anglo-Irish aristocrat, Alexander Moore, and a lower class son of a labourer on his lands, Jerry, as they experience the First World War. Synopsis The story is the complex tale of a friendship between two boys in Ireland prior to and during World War I. Alec, the son of Anglo-Irish parents grows up lonely and friendless on his parents' estate in Wicklow during the early years of the 20th century. His parents have a difficult relationship and it is stated that "their only meeting place was the child." He meets a local boy, Jerry, who shares his passion for horses. Alec's mother, who believes strongly in the class system of early twentieth century Ireland, discovers the friendship and forbids him to spend any more time with Jerry. Their friendship is thereafter conducted in private until the outbreak of the First World War. Jerry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gates (Johnston Novel)
''The Gates'' were a group of gates comprising a site-specific work of art by Bulgarian artist Christo Yavacheff and French artist Jeanne-Claude, known jointly as Christo and Jeanne-Claude. The artists installed 7,503 vinyl "gates" along of pathways in Central Park in New York City. From each gate hung a panel of deep saffron-colored nylon fabric. The exhibit ran from February 12 through February 27, 2005. In the books and other memorabilia distributed by the artists, the project is called ''The Gates, Central Park, New York, 1979–2005'' in reference to the time that passed from the artists' initial proposal until they were able to go ahead with it. ''The Gates'' were greeted with mixed reactions. Some people loved them for brightening the bleak winter landscape and encouraging late-night pedestrian traffic in Central Park; others hated them, accusing them of defacing the landscape. It was seen as an obstruction to bicyclists, who felt that the gates could cause accidents, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Author's Club First Novel Award
The Authors' Club Best First Novel Award is awarded by the Authors' Club to the most promising first novel of the year, written by a British author and published in the UK during the calendar year preceding the year in which the award is presented. It has been awarded to the following: ''This list is incomplete'' *1954 - David Unwin - ''The Governor's Wife'' *1955 - Brian Moore - ''Judith Hearne'' (later republished as ''The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne'') *1956 - Harry Bloom - ''Episode'' *1957 - Edmund Ward - ''Summer in Retreat'' *1958 - Alan Sillitoe - ''Saturday Night and Sunday Morning'' *1959 - David Caute - ''At Fever Pitch'' *1960 - Lionel Davidson - '' The Night of Wenceslas'' *1961 - Jim Hunter - ''The Sun in the Morning'' *1962 - John Pearson - ''Gone to Timbuctoo'' *1963 - David Rubin - ''The Greater Darkness'' *1964 - Robin Douglas-Home - ''Hot for Certainties'' *1965 - James Mossman - ''Beggars on Horseback'' *1966 - Leslie Thomas - '' The Virgin Soldiers' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Authors' Club First Novel Award
The Authors' Club Best First Novel Award is awarded by the Authors' Club to the most promising first novel of the year, written by a British author and published in the UK during the calendar year preceding the year in which the award is presented. It has been awarded to the following: ''This list is incomplete'' *1954 - David Unwin - ''The Governor's Wife'' *1955 - Brian Moore - ''Judith Hearne'' (later republished as ''The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne'') *1956 - Harry Bloom - ''Episode'' *1957 - Edmund Ward - ''Summer in Retreat'' *1958 - Alan Sillitoe - ''Saturday Night and Sunday Morning'' *1959 - David Caute - ''At Fever Pitch'' *1960 - Lionel Davidson - '' The Night of Wenceslas'' *1961 - Jim Hunter - ''The Sun in the Morning'' *1962 - John Pearson - ''Gone to Timbuctoo'' *1963 - David Rubin - ''The Greater Darkness'' *1964 - Robin Douglas-Home - ''Hot for Certainties'' *1965 - James Mossman - ''Beggars on Horseback'' *1966 - Leslie Thomas - ''The Virgin Soldiers'' * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Booker Prize
The Booker Prize, formerly known as the Booker Prize for Fiction (1969–2001) and the Man Booker Prize (2002–2019), is a Literary award, literary prize awarded each year for the best novel written in English and published in the United Kingdom or Ireland. The winner of the Booker Prize receives international publicity which usually leads to a sales boost. When the prize was created, only novels written by Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth, Irish, and South African (and later Zimbabwean) citizens were eligible to receive the prize; in 2014 it was widened to any English-language novel—a change that proved controversial. A five-person panel constituted by authors, librarians, literary agents, publishers, and booksellers is appointed by the Booker Prize Foundation each year to choose the winning book. A high-profile literary award in British culture, the Booker Prize is greeted with anticipation and fanfare. Literary critics have noted that it is a mark of distinction fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitbread Book Award
The Costa Book Awards were a set of annual literary awards recognising English-language books by writers based in UK and Ireland. Originally named the Whitbread Book Awards from 1971 to 2005 after its first sponsor, the Whitbread company, then a brewery and owner of restaurant chains, it was renamed when Costa Coffee, then a subsidiary of Whitbread, took over sponsorship. The companion Costa Short Story Award was established in 2012. Costa Coffee was purchased by the Coca-Cola Company in 2018. The awards were abruptly terminated in 2022. The awards were given both for high literary merit but also for works that are enjoyable reading and whose aim is to convey the enjoyment of reading to the widest possible audience. As such, they were considered a more populist literary prize than the Booker Prize, which also limits winners to literature written in the UK and Ireland. Awards were separated into six categories: Biography, Children's Books, First Novel, Novel, Poetry, and Shor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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