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Sally Rooney

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Sally Rooney

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1991-02-20 （Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland）
Nationality
Ireland
Languages
English
Residence History
Castlebar (birthplace and residence) → Dublin (studied/lived) → New York City (short residence)

Career

Occupations
Author, Screenwriter
Active Years
2017-

Education

Trinity College Dublin
English (including MPhil in American literature)
Degree: B.A., M.Phil
Period: 2009–2013 (学士) / MPhil 在籍・修了（年不確定）
Year of Graduation: 2013
Country: Ireland
Elected a Scholar in 2011. Completed an MPhil in American literature.

Awards

The Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year
2017
Organization: The Sunday Times
Result: 受賞
Irish Book Awards — Novel of the Year
2018
Work: Normal People
Organization: Irish Book Awards
Result: 受賞
Costa Book Awards — Novel
2019
Work: Normal People
Category: 小説
Organization: Costa Book Awards
Result: 受賞
Encore Award
2019
Work: Normal People
Organization: Royal Society of Literature (Encore Award)
Result: 受賞
Dalkey Literary Awards — Novel of the Year
2022
Work: Beautiful World, Where Are You
Organization: Dalkey Literary Awards
Result: 受賞
Irish Book Awards — Author of the Year
2024
Organization: Irish Book Awards
Result: 受賞
Sky Arts Award — Literature
2025
Work: Intermezzo
Organization: Sky Arts Awards
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Conversations with Friends

2017 Literary fiction, coming-of-age

Follows two young women whose relationship with an older couple leads to entanglements, exploring intimacy and selfhood.

intimacypower dynamics in relationshipsidentity
Adaptations
  • [TV series (miniseries)] Conversations with Friends / Lenny Abrahamson, Hettie Macdonald (2022)

Normal People

2018 Literary fiction, psychological fiction, coming-of-age

Traces the evolving relationship between two young people from school into university, exploring love, class and self-understanding.

classromantic relationshipscoming of age
Adaptations
  • [TV series (12 episodes)] Normal People / Lenny Abrahamson, Hettie Macdonald (2020)

Beautiful World, Where Are You

2021 Literary fiction

Explores friendship, love, aesthetics and political crisis through conversations between friends, questioning modern anxieties and beauty.

aesthetics and politicsfriendshipsocial critique

Intermezzo

2024 Literary fiction, family drama

Follows two brothers coping with grief after their father's death, examining complicated family dynamics and expectations of romantic relationships.

lossfamily complexitygrief

Bibliography

  • Conversations with Friends (2017)
  • Normal People (2018)
  • Beautiful World, Where Are You (2021)
  • Intermezzo (2024)

Adaptations

  • Normal People (TV series, BBC Three / Hulu, 2020)
  • Conversations with Friends (TV series, BBC Three / Hulu, 2022)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
concise, conversational prosepsychologically focused realismmodern narrative reflecting millennial perspectives
Recurring Motifs
class and economic precarityintimacy and distanceyouth identity formation

Legacy

Rooney is regarded as a leading voice of the millennial generation and an international bestselling author whose works on youth anxieties and class have influenced literature and popular culture; her books have been widely translated and adapted.

Quotes

  • I have an aversion to failure.
    Source: The Guardian (interview) (2017)

Trivia

  • Her novels have sold more than 6 million copies worldwide (reported).
  • Her works have been translated into over 47 languages (reported).
  • Refused Hebrew translation rights for Beautiful World, Where Are You in support of Palestinian cultural boycott (reported).
  • Studied at Trinity College Dublin and was elected a Scholar in 2011.
  • Lives in her hometown of Castlebar.