Irish Book Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 15 (2017) Winner
Bernard MacLaverty
バーナード・マクラヴェルティ
Bānaku Makuraveruti
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1942-09-14 （Belfast, Northern Ireland）
- Nationality
- Northern Irish
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Catholic
- Residence History
- Belfast (until 1975) → Edinburgh → Islay → West End of Glasgow
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, playwright, screenwriter, short story writer, librettist
- Active Years
- 1977-2024
- Affiliations
- University of Aberdeen (writer-in-residence), Liverpool John Moores University (writer-in-residence), Augsburg University (writer-in-residence), Iowa State University (writer-in-residence), University of St. Michael's College, University of Toronto (Ireland Fund Artist-in-Residence)
- Memberships
- Aosdána (Irish arts academy)
- Influenced By
- Seamus Heaney
- Nominations
- Booker Prize nomination (Grace Notes), International Dublin Literary Award shortlist (Midwinter Break)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Family Primary School | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
| St Malachy's College | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
| Queen's University Belfast | — | medical laboratory technician | — | — | United Kingdom |
Holy Family Primary School
Country:
United Kingdom
St Malachy's College
Country:
United Kingdom
Queen's University Belfast
medical laboratory technician
Country:
United Kingdom
Showed poetry to Seamus Heaney who advised to stick to short stories
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Scottish Writer of the Year | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2005 | The Lord Provost of Glasgow’s Award for Literature | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2018 | Hennessy Literary Hall of Fame | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2018 | Sunday Herald Culture Awards Best Writer Award | — | — | — | 受賞 |
Scottish Writer of the Year
1988
Result:
受賞
The Lord Provost of Glasgow’s Award for Literature
2005
Result:
受賞
Hennessy Literary Hall of Fame
2018
Result:
受賞
Sunday Herald Culture Awards Best Writer Award
2018
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Lamb
1980 NovelA story about faith, relationships and love
faithloverelationships
Adaptations
- [Film] Lamb (1985)
Cal
1983 NovelAn examination of love in the midst of violence
violenceloveNorthern Ireland
Adaptations
- [Film] Cal (1984)
Grace Notes
1997 NovelConflict between desire to compose and motherhood
musicmotherhoodcreativity
The Anatomy School
2001 NovelComedic coming-of-age novel
coming-of-agehumor
Midwinter Break
2017 NovelBibliography
- Lamb (1980)
- Cal (1983)
- Grace Notes (1997)
- The Anatomy School (2001)
- Midwinter Break (2017)
- Secrets & Other Stories (1977)
- A Time to Dance & Other Stories (1982)
- The Great Profundo & Other Stories (1987)
- Walking the Dog & Other Stories (1994)
- Matters of Life & Death & Other Stories (2006)
- Collected Stories (2013)
- Blank Pages and Other Stories (2021)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- emotional precisionsympathy
- Recurring Motifs
- loveloss of lovememorypain
Legacy
Prominent Northern Irish novelist, shortlisted for Booker Prize, noted for Catholic sensibility.