RTÉ Radio 1 Francis MacManus Short Story Award
1 appearances
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Edition 0 (2005) Winner
Claire Keegan
クレア・キーガン
Kurea Kīgan
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1968-01-01 （County Wicklow, Ireland）
- Nationality
- Irish
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- County Wicklow, Ireland → New Orleans, Louisiana, United States → Cardiff, Wales → Dublin, Ireland
Career
- Occupations
- Short story writer
- Active Years
- 1999-2024
- Affiliations
- Aosdána
- Memberships
- Aosdána (since 2008)
- Nominations
- Booker Prize 2022 shortlist (Small Things Like These), Rathbones Folio Prize 2022 shortlist
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loyola University New Orleans | Faculty of English | English and Political Science | — | — | United States |
| University of Wales | — | Creative Writing | MA | — | United Kingdom |
| Trinity College Dublin | — | — | M.Phil | — | Ireland |
Loyola University New Orleans
Faculty of English
/ English and Political Science
Country:
United States
University of Wales
Creative Writing
Degree:
MA
Country:
United Kingdom
In Cardiff for one year
Trinity College Dublin
Degree:
M.Phil
Country:
Ireland
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Rooney Prize for Irish Literature | Antarctica | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1999 | William Trevor Prize | Antarctica | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2009 | Davy Byrnes Irish Writing Award | Foster | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2022 | Orwell Prize for Political Fiction | Small Things Like These | — | — | 受賞 |
Rooney Prize for Irish Literature
2000
Work:
Antarctica
Result:
受賞
William Trevor Prize
1999
Work:
Antarctica
Result:
受賞
Davy Byrnes Irish Writing Award
2009
Work:
Foster
Result:
受賞
Orwell Prize for Political Fiction
2022
Work:
Small Things Like These
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Orwell Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 29 (2022) Winner
Irish Book Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 21 (2023) Winner
Works
Major Works
Antarctica
1999 Short story collectionFirst collection of short stories.
Walk the Blue Fields
2007 Short story collectionSecond collection of short stories.
Foster
2010 Long short storyA story of a girl fostered by a couple.
FamilyFoster care
Adaptations
- [Film] An Cailín Ciúin (The Quiet Girl) / Colm Bairéad (2022)
Small Things Like These
2021 NovellaSet in 1980s Ireland about Magdalene Laundries.
ConscienceHistory
Adaptations
- [Film] Small Things Like These (2024)
So Late in the Day
2023 Short story collectionStories of women and men.
Bibliography
- Antarctica (1999)
- Walk the Blue Fields (2007)
- Foster (2010)
- Small Things Like These (2021)
- So Late in the Day (2023)
Adaptations
- An Cailín Ciúin (2022, from Foster)
- Small Things Like These (2024)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Concise styleArt of subtraction
- Recurring Motifs
- Family dynamicsIrish rural life
Legacy
Prominent Irish short story writer, shortlisted for Booker Prize among many awards.
Trivia
- Raised on a farm in a large family.