Irish Book Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 21 (2023) Winner
Eimear Ryan
エイミア・ライアン
Eimear Ryan
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- :unknown （County Tipperary）
- Died
- :null
- Nationality
- Ireland
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- County Tipperary → Cork
Career
- Occupations
- writer, editor, publisher, columnist, camogie player
- Active Years
- 2009-
- Affiliations
- Banshee Press, University College Cork, Irish Examiner
- Nominations
- John McGahern Prize shortlist (Holding Her Breath)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Hennessy Award | — | Emerging Fiction | Hennessy Literary Awards | Winner |
Hennessy Award
2009
Category:
Emerging Fiction
Organization:
Hennessy Literary Awards
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Holding Her Breath
2021 NovelDebut novel published by Penguin Books Sandycove.
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Cora Staunton
2019 Children's bookBook about sports star Cora Staunton.
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Bibliography
- Holding Her Breath (2021)
- Cora Staunton (2019)
- Keep the Wolf from the Door (The Stinging Fly, 2011)
- The Recital (Town and Country, 2013)
- Wearing the Pinks (The Dublin Review, 2014)
- Lane In Stay (The Long Gaze Back, 2015)
- Idioglossia (Granta, 2016)
- The Arborist (The Dublin Review, 2016)
Adaptations
- The Grass Ceiling (short film based on essay 'The Fear of Winning')
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- razor-sharpwittyinsightful
- Recurring Motifs
- sportsfear of winning
Legacy
Emerging Irish writer and founding editor of Banshee Press. Acclaimed debut novel.
In Popular Culture
- Camogie player background
Trivia
- Represented County Tipperary in All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship.
- Plays club camogie for St Finbarr's in Cork.
- Co-founded Banshee Press.