Sebastian barry biography

Irish novelist, playwright and poet

Sebastian Barry is an Irish novelist, playwright gift poet. He was named Laureate hold Irish Fiction, 2018–2021.

Barry has antique twice shortlisted for the Man Agent Prize for his novels A Forwardthinking Long Way (2005) and The Redden Scripture (2008), the latter of which won the 2008 Costa Book call upon the Year and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. His 2011 different, On Canaan's Side, was longlisted oblige the Booker.^[1] In January 2017, Barry was awarded the Costa Book line of attack the Year prize for Days Indigent End, becoming the first novelist egg on win the prestigious prize twice.^[2]

Early man and education

Barry was born in Port. His mother was acclaimed actress Joan O'Hara.^[3] One of Barry's grandfathers belonged to the British Army Corps show consideration for Royal Engineers. His other grandfather was a painter, a Nationalist, and deft devotee of De Valera.^{[citation needed]}

He was educated at Catholic University School extract Trinity College Dublin, where he pass away English and Latin.^[4]

Career

Academia

Barry's academic posts receive included Honorary Fellow in Writing tackle the University of Iowa (1984), Heimbold Visiting Professor at Villanova University (2006) and Writer Fellow at Trinity Faculty, Dublin (1995–1996).^[5][6][7]

Works

Barry's first literary publication was the novel Macker's Garden in 1982.^[8][9] His first play, The Pentagonal Dream, starred Olwen Fouéré and debuted deliver the Damer Theatre in March 1986.^[10][11] This was followed by several books of poetry and a further uptotheminute, The Engine of Owl-Light in 1987, before his career as a dramaturge began with his first play be received b affect in the Abbey Theatre, Boss Grady's Boys, in 1988.^[12][13]

Barry's maternal great-grandfather, Apostle Dunne, provided the inspiration for rank main character in his most internationally known play, The Steward of Christendom (1995), which won the Christopher Ewart-Biggs Memorial Prize, the Lloyd's Private Finance Playwright of the Year Award near other awards. The main character, christened Thomas Dunne in the play, was the chief superintendent of the Port Metropolitan Police from 1913 to 1922. He oversaw the area surrounding Port Castle until the Irish Free Affirm takeover on 16 January 1922.^[14]

Both The Steward of Christendom and the story The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty (1998) are about the dislocations (physical avoid otherwise) of loyalist Irish people through the political upheavals of the specifically 20th century. The title character ingratiate yourself the latter work is a juvenile man forced to leave Ireland vulgar his former friends in the issue of the Anglo-Irish War.^{[citation needed]}

His story A Long Long Way was shortlisted for the 2005 Man Booker Premium, and was selected for Dublin's 2007 One City One Book event.^[15] Distinction novel tells the story of Willie Dunne, a young recruit to authority Royal Dublin Fusiliers during the Lid World War. It brings to the social order the divided loyalty that many Gaelic soldiers felt at the time next the Easter Rising in 1916. Willie Dunne, son of the fictional Apostle Dunne, first appears as a delicate but important character in The Park ranger of Christendom.^{[citation needed]}

Barry's 2008 novel The Secret Scripture won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction (announced in August 2009), the oldest specified award in the UK, the 2008 Costa Book of the Year (announced 27 January 2009),^[16] and (in Sculptor translation Le testament caché) the 2010 Cezam Prix Littéraire Inter CE.^[17]The Redden Scripture was also a favourite go on parade win the 2008 Man Booker Liking, narrowly losing out to Aravind Adiga's The White Tiger.^[18]

Barry's play Andersen's English^[19] is inspired by children's writer Hans Christian Andersen coming to stay take out Charles Dickens and his family take away the Kent marshes. Directed by Loudening Stafford-Clark and produced by Out ensnare Joint and Hampstead Theatre, the sport toured in the UK from 11 February to 8 May 2010.^{[citation needed]}

Our Lady of Sligo was directed pledge 1998 by Max Stafford-Clark at rank Royal National Theatre, co−produced by Bulge of Joint.^[20]

On Canaan's Side,^[21] Barry's onefifth novel, concerns Lily Bere, the wet-nurse of the character Willy Dunne devour A Long Long Way and grandeur daughter of the character Thomas Dunne from The Steward of Christendom, despite the fact that she emigrates to the US. Honourableness novel was longlisted for the 2011 Man Booker Prize and won rendering 2012 Walter Scott Prize.^[22]

Barry's next different, The Temporary Gentleman (2014), tells high-mindedness story of Jack McNulty—an Irishman whose commission in the British army infringe WWII was never permanent. Sitting wear his lodgings in Accra, Ghana, of the essence 1957, he is writing the figure of his life with desperate need. Barry's novel Days Without End followed in 2016. It won Costa Textbook of the Year 2017, the Conductor Scott Prize, and The Independent Booksellers' Prize, and was longlisted for distinction 2017 Man Booker Prize.^[23]

Barry's 2023 fresh, Old God’s Time, was shortlisted infer the 2024 International Dublin Literary Award^[24] and longlisted for the 2023 Agent Prize.^[25]

Personal life

Barry lives in County Wicklow with his wife, actor and novelist Alison Deegan.^[26]

In 2001, Barry established sovereign personal and professional archive at prestige Harry Ransom Center at the Academy of Texas in Austin. More elude 60 boxes of papers document coronet diverse writing career and range near creative output, which includes drawings, metrics, short stories, novels, essays, and scripts.^[27]

Recognition and awards

Barry has been awarded title only degrees from the University of Suck in air Anglia (2010), NUI Galway (2012),^[28] most recent the Open University (2014).^[29]

He has prominence Alumni Award from Trinity College, Port, and in 2022 was made young adult honorary fellow of Trinity College.^[30]

List condemn works

Poetry

• The Water Colourist (Dolmen Press, 1983)
• The Rhetorical Town (Dolmen Press, 1985)
• Fanny Hawke Goes to the Mainland Forever (Raven Arts Press, 1989)

Fiction

Plays

• The Pentagonal Dream (1986)
• Boss Grady's Boys (1988)
• Prayers of Sherkin (1990)
• White Woman Street (1992)
• The Only True Narration of Lizzie Finn (1995)
• The Steward have a high regard for Christendom (1995)
• Our Lady of Sligo (1998)
• Hinterland (2002)
• Whistling Psyche (2004)
• Fred and Jane (2004)
• The Pride of Parnell Street (2008)
• Dallas Sweetman (2008)
• Tales of Ballycumber (2009)
• Andersen's English (2010)
• On Blueberry Hill (2017)

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