Mark O'Rowe is an Irish

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and

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Life

Mark O'Rowe was born in 1970 in

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, to parents Hugh and Patricia O'Rowe (to whom he dedicated his 1999 play, ''Howie the Rookie''). He grew up in Tallaght, a working-class outer suburb of Dublin City in

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, and he claims that much of the violence in his work stems from watching and rewatching a tremendous amount of violent, bloody movies when he was in his teens.

List of plays

* ''The Approach'' (2018) * ''Our Few and Evil Days'' (2014) * '' Terminus'' (2007) * '' Howie the Rookie'' (1999) * '' The Aspidistra Code'' (1995) * '' Anna's Ankle'' * '' From Both Hips'' * '' Crestfall'' * ''

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Credits as a screenwriter

* ''

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'' * '' Perrier's Bounty'' * '' Boy A'' * '' Broken'' * '' The Delinquent Season'' * ''

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Awards and nominations

As a playwright

* Irish Times/ESB Theatre Award for Best New Play for Howie the Rookie. * George Devine Award for Best New Play for Howie The Rookie. * Rooney Prize for Irish Literature for Howie the Rookie in 1999.

As a screenwriter

* He won the

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for the Best Screenplay in 2003 for

References

External links

*
Mark O'Rowe's Literary Encyclopedia Entry
1970 births Living people Irish dramatists and playwrights Irish male dramatists and playwrights Irish screenwriters Irish male screenwriters {{theat-bio-stub