CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger
1 appearances
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Edition 1 (2002) Winner
Eoin McNamee
エオイン・マクネイミー
Eoin McNamee
Pen Names:
John Creed（Pseudonym for thrillers）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1961-01-01 （Kilkeel, County Down, Northern Ireland）
- Nationality
- Irish
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- Kilkeel, County Down, Northern Ireland → County Sligo, Ireland
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Screenwriter, Professor
- Active Years
- 1989-2024
- Affiliations
- Trinity Oscar Wilde Centre, Maynooth University, Sligo Institute of Technology
- Memberships
- Aosdána
- Nominations
- Booker Prize nomination (The Blue Tango), Irish Times/Aer Lingus Award shortlist (The Last of Deeds)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trinity College Dublin | Faculty of Law | Law | — | — | Ireland |
Trinity College Dublin
Faculty of Law
/ Law
Country:
Ireland
Studied Law
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award | Blue is the Night | — | Kerry Group | 受賞 |
| 2002 | CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger | The Sirius Crossing | — | Crime Writers' Association | 受賞 |
| 1990 | Macauley Fellowship for Irish Literature | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2010 | Richard Imison Award | — | radio drama | — | 受賞 |
Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award
2015
Work:
Blue is the Night
Organization:
Kerry Group
Result:
受賞
CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger
2002
Work:
The Sirius Crossing
Organization:
Crime Writers' Association
Result:
受賞
Macauley Fellowship for Irish Literature
1990
Result:
受賞
Richard Imison Award
2010
Category:
radio drama
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Resurrection Man
1994 CrimeDetails the bloodletting of the Ulster Volunteer Force gang, the Shankill Butchers
Northern Ireland conflictViolence
Adaptations
- [Film] Resurrection Man / Marc Evans (1998)
The Blue Tango
2001 ThrillerExamines the murder of Lancelot Curran's 19-year-old daughter, Patricia Curran
MurderNorthern Ireland
Blue is the Night
2014 CrimeDeals with Lancelot Curran's involvement in a murder trial in Northern Ireland in the late 1940s
TrialMurder
Bibliography
- Resurrection Man (1994), The Blue Tango (2001), The Ultras (2004), 12:23 (2008), Orchid Blue (2010), Blue is the Night (2014), The Vogue (2019), The Bureau (2025) etc.
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Distinctive prose tone with omission of verbs for staccato rhythmCadenced majesty like McCarthy or DeLillo
- Recurring Motifs
- Crime and violence in Northern IrelandFictionalization of real events
Legacy
Prominent Irish crime novelist known for works on the dark side of Northern Ireland. Member of Aosdána.