Top 10 Top 10 Contemporary Irish Writers
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1. Seamus Heaney
Ireland’s most prominent poet, Heaney (b.1939) won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1995. North (1975) explores the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
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2. William Trevor
Trevor (b.1928) is a master of the short story genre.
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3. John Banville
The Literary Editor of the Irish Times , Banville (b.1945) is also a novelist – The Sea (2005) won the prestigious Booker Prize.
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4. John McGahern
One of McGahern’s (b.1934) best novels is Amongst Women (1990).
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5. Brian Friel
Playwright Friel’s (b.1929) successes include Dancing at Lughnasa (1990).
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6. Roddy Doyle
Renowned for his Barry-town Trilogy about Dublin life, Doyle (b.1958) won the Booker Prize in 1994 for Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha! (1993).
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7. Edna O’Brien
The Country Girls (1960) is O’Brien’s (b.1930) most well-known novel to date.
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8. Colm Toibin
Toibin (b.1955) was short-listed for the 2000 Booker Prize with his novel Blackwater Lightship (1999).
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9. Frank McCourt
McCourt’s (b.1930) evocative account of a poverty-stricken upbringing in Limerick in Angela’s Ashes (1996) won him the Pulitzer Prize
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10. Tom Murphy
A controversial playwright, Murphy’s (b.1935) work The Wake (1998) had a long run at the Gate Theatre.
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