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Colum McCann was born in 1964 or 1965 in Dublin. [4] His mother was from Derry in Northern Ireland, and McCann would spend summers with his family there. [5] His father, Sean McCann, was the features editor for the Dublin Evening Press and a prolific author. [6]
TransAtlantic is a novel by Colum McCann, published in June 2013. Based upon the book, Colum wrote the lyrics for Clannad's song "TransAtlantic", released with the album Nádúr in September 2013. He also wrote the liner notes for the album.
Let the Great World Spin is a novel by Colum McCann set mainly in New York City in the United States. The book won the 2009 U.S. National Book Award for Fiction [1] and the 2011 International Dublin Literary Award, one of the most lucrative literary prizes in the world.
Apeirogon is a novel by Colum McCann, published in February 2020. The novel explores the conflict in the Middle East. It follows the story of two men who each lost a daughter. One is Palestinian, the other Israeli.
Colum McCann: Publisher: Weidenfeld: Publication date. 2003: Pages: 352: ISBN: 9780805067927: Dancer is a novel based on the life of Rudolf Nureyev, written by Colum ...
Zoli is a novel by Colum McCann. It follows the life of Marienka Novotna, nicknamed "Zoli", a Slovak Romani woman, from her childhood in the 1930s, through her exile in the 1950s, to her late adult life. Although Zoli is a fictional character, her life is loosely based on that of the Polish Romani poet Papusza (Bronisława Wajs).
The following is a list of winners and shortlisted authors of the Booker Prize for Fiction.The prize has been awarded each year since 1969 to the best original full-length novel, written in the English language, by a citizen of the Commonwealth of Nations or the Republic of Ireland.
A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy is a 2023 book by journalist Nathan Thrall, published by Macmillan.The book details a 2012 road accident involving a school bus in which several Palestinian children and a teacher were killed.