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Robert McLiam Wilson
Robert McLiam Wilson (born Robert Wilson, 24 February 1964) is a Northern Irish novelist. Biography He was born in the New Lodge district of Belfast and then moved to Turf Lodge and other places in the city. He attended St Malachy's College and studied English at St Catharine's College, Cambridge; however, he dropped out and, for a short time, was homeless. This period of his life profoundly affected his later life and influenced his works. Wilson moved to Paris where he writes for ''Charlie Hebdo'' and ''Libération''. He also writes occasionally for ''The Guardian'', ''Corriere della Sera'' and ''Le Monde''. Work McLiam Wilson has written three novels: *'' Ripley Bogle'' (1989) *''Manfred's Pain'' (1992) *'' Eureka Street'' (1996) ''Ripley Bogle'' is a novel about a homeless man in London. ''Eureka Street'' focuses on the lives of two Belfast friends, one Catholic and one Protestant, shortly before and after the IRA ceasefires in 1994. A BBC TV adaptation of '' Eureka S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Irish Author, Robert McLiam Wilson
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Eureka Street (novel)
''Eureka Street'' is a novel by Northern Irish author Robert McLiam Wilson, published in 1996 in the UK (1997 in the US), it focuses on the lives of two Belfast friends, one Catholic and one Protestant, shortly before and after the Irish Republican Army, IRA ceasefire in 1994. A Eureka Street (tv), BBC TV adaptation of ''Eureka Street'' was broadcast in 1999. Plot Introduction ''Eureka Street'' concerns two working-class Belfast men who, despite being Catholic and Protestant respectively, are friends. The novel switches back and forth between Chuckie Lurgan's third-person narrative and Jake Johnson's first-person narrative. United by their inability to form mature relationships, they struggle to find love and stability in bomb-torn Belfast. The book is set in 1990s, amid peace negotiations and possible cease-fires. In a 1999 interview with Sylvie Mikowski, Wilson said he "wanted to avoid writing a novel in which anyone knew the names of the guns, and I wanted to write about violenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People Educated At St Malachy's College
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Writers From Belfast
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Male Novelists From Northern Ireland
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Living People
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1964 Births
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Irish Book Awards
The Irish Book Awards are Irish literary awards given annually to books and authors in various categories. In 2018 An Post took over sponsorship of the awards from Bord Gais Energy. It is the only literary award supported by all-Irish bookstores. First awarded in 2006, they grew out of the Hughes & Hughes bookstore's Irish Novel of the Year Prize which was inaugurated in 2003. Since 2007 the Awards have been an independent not-for-profit company funded by sponsorship. The primary sponsor is An Post, the state owned postal service in Ireland. There are currently nine categories, seven of which are judged by the Irish Literary Academy, two by a public vote. There is also a lifetime achievement award. Awards Current Awards *Novel of the Year *Crime Fiction Book of the Year *Best Irish Published Book of the Year *Non-Fiction Book of the Year *Cookbook of the Year *Popular Fiction Book of the Year *Children's Book of the Year, Junior *Children's Book of the Year, Senior *Teen & You ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betty Trask Award
The Betty Trask Prize and Awards are for first novels written by authors under the age of 35, who reside in a current or former Commonwealth nation. Each year the awards total £20,000, with one author receiving a larger prize amount, called the "Prize", and the remainder given to one or more other writers, called the "Awards". The award was established in 1984 by the Society of Authors, at the bequest of the late Betty Trask, a reclusive author of over thirty romance novels. The awards are given to traditional or romantic novels, rather than those of an experimental style, and can be for published or unpublished works. List of award and prize winners Note: Beginning in 2009, the "Betty Trask Prize" is given to one author; the remaining receive the "Betty Trask Award". A blue ribbon () indicates the winner for that year. 1980s 1984 * Ronald Frame for ''Winter Journey'' - £6,750 * Clare Nonhebel for ''Cold Showers'' - £6,750 * James Buchan for ''A Parish of Rich Women '' - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hughes Prize
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Rooney Prize
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 McGuinnes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eureka Street (tv)
''Eureka Street'' is a BBC Northern Ireland 1999 adaptation to mini-series of Robert McLiam Wilson's 1996 novel of the same name. Set in Belfast in the six months before and after the 1994 ceasefire, it commences with an anonymous hand typing the words, "''All stories are love stories.''" The novel opens with the same text. The story follows the lives of two friends: the Catholic Jake Jackson – struggling with a failed relationship, his job as a repossession agent and the effect of the Troubles on the world around him – and the Protestant Chuckie Lurgan, "fat" and unemployed until circumstances and a previously untapped entrepreneurial spirit lead him to a world very different from Eureka Street. The adaptation was scripted by Donna Franceschild, directed by Adrian Shergold and starred Vincent Regan as Jake and Mark Benton Mark Benton (born 16 November 1965) is an English actor and television presenter known for his roles as Eddie in ''Early Doors'', Howard in '' Northern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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