Paul Lynch (born 1977) is an Irish writer living in

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, Ireland.

Biography

Lynch was born in

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, Ireland, in 1977 and grew up in

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. His first novel ''Red Sky in Morning'' won him acclaim in the United States and France, where the book was a finalist for France's Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger (Best Foreign Book Award). His second novel, ''The Black Snow'', won France's bookseller prize, Prix Libr’à Nous for best foreign novel.'' Grace'', his third novel, was selected as the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year and was shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction. Lynch was the chief film critic of the ''

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'' from 2007 to 2011. He had previously served from 2004 as the paper's deputy chief-sub editor. He has written regularly for ''

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'' on film and has also written for ''

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'', ''

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'', '' The Irish Daily Mail'' and ''

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''.

Awards

* Ireland Francophonie Ambassadors’ Literary Award, winner 2020 * The Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award, winner 2018 * The Walter Scott Prize, shortlisted 2018, * The William Saroyan International Prize, shortlisted 2018 * Prix Jean-Monnet de Littérature Européenne, shortlisted 2019 * Prix Littérature Monde, shortlisted 2019 * Grand Prix de L'Héroïne, shortlisted 2019 * Prix Libr’à Nous for Best Foreign Novel, winner 2016 * Prix des Lecteurs Privat, winner 2016 * Ireland Francophonie Ambassadors’ Literary Award, shortlisted 2016 * Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger, finalist 2014 * Prix Femina, nominated 2015 * Prix du Premier Roman, nominated 2014 * Prix du Roman Fnac, nominated 2015 * Best Newcomer at Bord Gais Irish Books of the Year, shortlisted 2013

Novels

* ''Red Sky in Morning''. London: Quercus, 2013. New York: Little, Brown, 2013 * ''The Black Snow''. London: Quercus, 2014. New York: Little, Brown, 2015 * ''Grace''. London: Oneworld, 2017. New York: Little, Brown, 2017 * ''Beyond the Sea''. London: Oneworld, 2019. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2020

References

External links

* http://www.paullynchwriter.com/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Lynch, Paul 1977 births 20th-century Irish novelists 20th-century Irish male writers Irish male novelists Living people Irish writers 21st-century Irish novelists Irish novelists 21st-century Irish male writers