Irish Book Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 13 (2015) Lifetime Achievement Award
James Patrick Donleavy
ジェームズ・パトリック・ドンリーヴィー
Jeimuzu Patorikku Donrīvi
Aliases:
J. P. Donleavy
Pen Names:
J. P. Donleavy（Popular name and pen name used in literary works）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1926-04-23 （Brooklyn, New York, U.S.）
- Died
- 2017-09-11 （Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland） age 91
- Nationality
- Irish
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Atheism
- Residence History
- The Bronx, New York, U.S. → Dublin, Ireland → Levington Park, County Westmeath, Ireland
Career
- Occupations
- Author, Novelist, Short story writer, Playwright
- Active Years
- 1955-2019
- Influenced By
- Brendan Behan
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trinity College Dublin | — | Bacteriology | — | 1946–1949 | Ireland |
Trinity College Dublin
Bacteriology
Period:
1946–1949
Country:
Ireland
no degree
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Bob Hughes Lifetime Achievement Award | — | — | Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards | 受賞 |
| 2016 | Honorary Doctorate | — | 名誉学位 | Trinity College Dublin | 授与 |
Bob Hughes Lifetime Achievement Award
2015
Organization:
Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards
Result:
受賞
Honorary Doctorate
2016
Category:
名誉学位
Organization:
Trinity College Dublin
Result:
授与
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Ginger Man
1955 Picaresque novelA picaresque novel about the misadventures of Sebastian Dangerfield, an American living a debauched life of drinking and womanizing in post-war Dublin.
dark humorsatirelewdnessrebellion
Adaptations
- [Play] The Ginger Man (1959)
Translations
- Translated into over 30 languages
Bibliography
- The Ginger Man
- A Singular Man
- The Beastly Beatitudes of Balthazar B
- The Onion Eaters
- A Fairy Tale of New York
- The Destinies of Darcy Dancer, Gentleman
- Schultz
- Leila: Further in the Destinies of Darcy Dancer, Gentleman
- Are You Listening Rabbi Löw
- That Darcy, That Dancer, That Gentleman
- Wrong Information is Being Given Out at Princeton
- A Letter Marked Personal
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- dark humorsatireblack comedy
- Recurring Motifs
- lewd comedyIrish mores
Legacy
Best known for The Ginger Man, which sold 50 million copies worldwide and ranked 99th on Modern Library's list of the 100 Best Novels of the 20th century.
In Popular Culture
- The title of The Pogues' song 'Fairytale of New York' comes from his novel A Fairy Tale of New York.
Trivia
- Known as 'Mike' by close friends.
- Grew up in a family of Irish immigrants; his father was a firefighter.
- Served in the US Navy during World War II.
- Declared himself an atheist at age 14.