Booker Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 25 (1993) Winner
Roddy Doyle
ロディ・ドイル
Rodi Doiru
Aliases:
Roderick Doyle
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1958-05-08 （Dublin, Ireland）
- Nationality
- Irish
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Atheism
- Residence History
- Kilbarrack, Dublin, Ireland
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, dramatist, screenwriter, teacher
- Active Years
- 1987-
- Affiliations
- Fighting Words, Passion Machine Theatre Company
- Memberships
- Royal Society of Literature Fellow
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University College Dublin | English and Geography | English and Geography Department | Bachelor of Arts (BA) | — | Ireland |
University College Dublin
English and Geography
/ English and Geography Department
Degree:
Bachelor of Arts (BA)
Year of Graduation:
1979
Country:
Ireland
Higher Diploma in Education (HDipEd) in 1980
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Booker Prize | Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha | — | Booker Prize Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1991 | Booker Prize Shortlist | The Van | — | Booker Prize Foundation | 最終候補 |
| 1992 | BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay | The Commitments | — | British Academy of Film and Television Arts | 受賞 |
| 2009 | Irish PEN Award | — | — | Irish PEN | 受賞 |
| 2013 | Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards (Novel of the Year) | The Guts | — | Bord Gáis Energy | 受賞 |
Booker Prize
1993
Work:
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
Organization:
Booker Prize Foundation
Result:
受賞
Booker Prize Shortlist
1991
Work:
The Van
Organization:
Booker Prize Foundation
Result:
最終候補
BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
1992
Work:
The Commitments
Organization:
British Academy of Film and Television Arts
Result:
受賞
Irish PEN Award
2009
Organization:
Irish PEN
Result:
受賞
Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards (Novel of the Year)
2013
Work:
The Guts
Organization:
Bord Gáis Energy
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
British Book Awards (The Nibbies)
1 appearances
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Edition 5 (1994) Winner
Irish Book Awards
2 appearances
-
Edition 6 (2008) Winner
-
Edition 11 (2013) Winner
Works
Major Works
The Commitments
1987 NovelA group of Dublin teenagers form a soul band. First of the Barrytown Trilogy.
working-class lifeDublin slang
Adaptations
- [Film] The Commitments / Alan Parker (1991)
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
1993 NovelThe world through the eyes of a ten-year-old Dubliner in 1968. Booker Prize winner.
child's perspectivefamily breakdown
The Woman Who Walked into Doors
1996 NovelStory of Paula Spencer, a battered wife.
domestic violencewomen's suffering
A Star Called Henry
1999 NovelFirst of the Last Roundup trilogy, life of IRA volunteer Henry Smart.
Irish historyrevolution
Bibliography
- The Commitments
- The Snapper
- The Van
- Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
- The Woman Who Walked into Doors
- A Star Called Henry
- Oh, Play That Thing!
- The Dead Republic
- The Guts
Adaptations
- The Commitments (film)
- The Snapper (film)
- The Van (film)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- heavy use of dialogueslang and Irish English dialectminimal description
- Recurring Motifs
- working-class Dublinfamily dynamicsIrish history
Legacy
Known for dialogue-driven novels about working-class Dublin, Booker Prize winner, many adaptations into films.
Archives
- National Library of Ireland
In Popular Culture
- Referenced in Father Ted TV series.
Trivia
- Mother was first cousin of short story writer Maeve Brennan.
- Wife is granddaughter of former Irish President Erskine Childers.
- Co-founded creative writing centre Fighting Words.