Colm Tóibín

Paul Delaney (Trinity College Dublin)

Ed. by Ian Campbell Ross, Trinity College Dublin
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.4: Irish Writing and Culture, 400-present.
Vol. editors: Paul Delaney (Trinity College Dublin), Anne Markey (Dublin City University), Ian Campbell Ross (Trinity College Dublin), Sinéad Sturgeon (Queen's University Belfast)

Dates

Born 30 May 1955
Activity 1978-ongoing

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Born in Ireland, Republic of (Eire)
Active in Ireland, Republic of (Eire)

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Novelist

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Colm Tóibín is one of Ireland’s most popular and prolific contemporary prose writers. He is the author of five novels, a collection of short stories, a play, three travel books, a brace of historical studies and a couple of volumes of essays. He has also edited several books of criticism, a lengthy anthology of Irish fiction, collections of essays and two books of creative writing. In addition, he has written scores of uncollected articles and reviews, and over the years he has been a prominent columnist, features writer and cultural commentator. Many of Tóibín’s books have been highly praised, and he has been the recipient of numerous awards and honours since the publication of his first novel,

The South

(1990). These include

The Irish Times

/Aer Lingus Literature Prize, the…

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Citation: Delaney, Paul. "Colm Tóibín". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 09 September 2008 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=4409, accessed 18 April 2024.]

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