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The Image of Irelande, with a Discoverie of Woodkarne is a 1581 book by John Derricke. The book is dedicated to Philip Sidney. It praises the deputyship of Philip's father Henry Sidney and English victories over the Irish. [1] The work opens with a poetic history of Ireland and its conflicts with the English, presenting reasons for English rule ...
Goldsmiths Prize (2015) Kevin Barry (born 1969) is an Irish writer. He is the author of three collections of short stories and three novels. City of Bohane (2011) was the winner of the 2013 International Dublin Literary Award. Beatlebone (2015) won the 2015 Goldsmiths Prize and is one of seven books by Irish authors nominated for the 2017 ...
John Derricke (fl. 1578–1581) was the author and artist of The Image of Irelande, with a Discoverie of Woodkarne, a 1581 book describing the Irish campaigns of Lord Deputy Henry Sidney. The book's dedication to Sir Philip Sidney was signed at Dublin on 16 June 1578, [1] indicating that Derricke completed the book in Ireland and was likely an ...
April 20, 1991. (1991-04-20) (aged 91) Dublin, Ireland. Occupation. Writer. Seán Proinsias Ó Faoláin (27 February 1900 – 20 April 1991) was one of the most influential figures in 20th-century Irish culture. A short-story writer of international repute, he was also a leading commentator and critic.
Several Irish short-story anthologies have been published since 2000 to meet the demands of the reading public, for example: the Faber Book of Best New Irish Short Stories 2005 and 2007; Irish Short Stories (2011), edited by Joseph O'Connor; Town and Country: New Irish Short Stories (2013), edited and with an introduction by Kevin Barry; The ...
Christine Dwyer Hickey. Christine Dwyer Hickey (born 1960) is an Irish novelist, short story writer and playwright. She has won several awards, including the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year [1] and the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction. [2] Her writing was described by Madeleine Kingsley of the Jewish Chronicle as "depicting the ...
Below is a list of literary magazines and journals: periodicals devoted to book reviews, creative nonfiction, essays, poems, short fiction, and similar literary endeavors. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Because the majority are from the United States , the country of origin is only listed for those outside the U.S.
He worked briefly at Fox and Sutherland’s bookstore in Mount Kisco, New York, near his wife’s home town of Katonah before becoming a copywriter at Avon Books. [5] In 1985, Williams returned to Ireland and moved to Kilmihil, County Clare. He and Christine began writing factual accounts of life in rural Ireland. [5]