Irish Book Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 6 (2008) Winner
Anita Notaro
あにた・のたろ
Anita Notaro
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1955-09-14 （Dublin, Ireland）
- Died
- 2014-11-26 （Dublin, Ireland） age 59
- Nationality
- Ireland
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Dublin, Ireland → Brittas, Ireland
Career
- Occupations
- TV producer, TV director, journalist, writer
- Active Years
- 1983-2014
- Affiliations
- RTÉ, BBC, Channel 4
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Popular Fiction Book of the Year | Take a Look at Me Now | Popular Fiction | An Post Irish Book Awards | Winner |
Popular Fiction Book of the Year
2008
Work:
Take a Look at Me Now
Category:
Popular Fiction
Organization:
An Post Irish Book Awards
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Take a Look at Me Now
2007 Contemporary FictionPopular fiction novel.
Back After the Break
2003 Contemporary FictionBehind the Scenes
2004 Contemporary FictionThe WWW Club
2007 Contemporary FictionNo Ordinary Love
2010 Contemporary FictionA Moment Like This
2012 Contemporary FictionBibliography
- Back After the Break
- Behind the Scenes
- The WWW Club
- Take a Look at Me Now
- No Ordinary Love
- A Moment Like This
Health
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cancer2005Continued writing despite diagnosis
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frontotemporal dementia2011-2014Condition worsened, returned to Dublin
Legacy
TV producer and director at RTÉ for 16 years, directed the 1993 Eurovision Song Contest, and popular fiction writer who won Popular Fiction Book of the Year in 2008.
Trivia
- Second female director of the Eurovision Song Contest in 1993
- Daughter of Irish mother and Irish/Italian father