Irish Book Awards
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Edition 21 (2023) Winner
Paul Murray
ポール・マレー
Pōru Marē
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1975 （Dublin, Ireland）
- Nationality
- Irish
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Dublin, Ireland
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, essayist, short story writer, screenwriter
- Active Years
- 2003-2024
- Influenced By
- Thomas Pynchon
- Nominations
- Booker Prize longlist (Skippy Dies, 2010), shortlist (The Bee Sting, 2023), Costa Prize shortlist (Skippy Dies, 2010), Whitbread First Novel Prize shortlist (An Evening of Long Goodbyes, 2003)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackrock College | — | — | — | — | Ireland |
| Trinity College, Dublin | Faculty of Arts and Humanities | English Literature | — | — | Ireland |
| University of East Anglia | School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing | Creative Writing | MA | — | United Kingdom |
Blackrock College
Country:
Ireland
Trinity College, Dublin
Faculty of Arts and Humanities
/ English Literature
Country:
Ireland
Studied English literature
University of East Anglia
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
/ Creative Writing
Degree:
MA
Country:
United Kingdom
Completed master's in creative writing
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Irish Book Award | The Bee Sting | Novel of the Year | An Post Irish Book Awards | 受賞 |
| 2023 | Nero Book Award | The Bee Sting | Book of the Year | Nero | ゴールド賞受賞 |
| 2016 | Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize | The Mark and the Void | Comic Fiction | — | 共同受賞 |
Irish Book Award
2023
Work:
The Bee Sting
Category:
Novel of the Year
Organization:
An Post Irish Book Awards
Result:
受賞
Nero Book Award
2023
Work:
The Bee Sting
Category:
Book of the Year
Organization:
Nero
Result:
ゴールド賞受賞
Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize
2016
Work:
The Mark and the Void
Category:
Comic Fiction
Result:
共同受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
An Evening of Long Goodbyes
2003 Comic fictionSkippy Dies
2010 Comic fictionThe Mark and the Void
2015 Comic fictionThe Bee Sting
2023 TragicomedyBibliography
- An Evening of Long Goodbyes (2003), Skippy Dies (2010), The Mark and the Void (2015), The Bee Sting (2023), That's My Bike! (2011, short story), The Dragon-Ship (2016, short story), Metal Heart (2018, screenplay)
Adaptations
- Metal Heart (screenplay, dir. Hugh O'Conor, 2018)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Comic fictionSatiricalHumorous
- Recurring Motifs
- Family dysfunctionContemporary Irish societySchool life
Legacy
One of the most important contemporary Irish novelists, with The Bee Sting shortlisted for the Booker Prize and winning multiple awards.
Trivia
- Son of a professor of Anglo-Irish Drama at University College Dublin.
- Lives in Dublin with his wife and son.
- Spent time teaching English in Barcelona, which he described as unhappy.