Michael Collins (born 4 June 1964) is an Irish novelist and international ultra-distance runner. His novel The Keepers of Truth was shortlisted for the 2000 Booker Prize. [1] He has also won the Irish Novel of the Year Award and the Lucien Barriere Literary Prize at the Deauville American Film Festival. Collins is a graduate of Oxford University.
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Collins was born in Limerick. He earned an athletic scholarship to University of Notre Dame and received his PhD in Creative Writing from the Oxford University.[ citation needed]
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A former member of the Irish National Team for the 100k distance (62.2 miles),[ citation needed] Collins holds the Irish national masters record over the 100k distance.[ citation needed] As captain of the Irish National Team in 2010, he won a bronze medal at the World 100k Championships held in Gibraltar.[ citation needed] He has also won The 100-mile Himalayan Stage Race and The Mount Everest Challenge Marathon, along with The Last Marathon in Antarctica, and The North Pole Marathon.[ citation needed]
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Michael Collins (born 4 June 1964) is an Irish novelist and international ultra-distance runner. His novel The Keepers of Truth was shortlisted for the 2000 Booker Prize. [1] He has also won the Irish Novel of the Year Award and the Lucien Barriere Literary Prize at the Deauville American Film Festival. Collins is a graduate of Oxford University.
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Collins was born in Limerick. He earned an athletic scholarship to University of Notre Dame and received his PhD in Creative Writing from the Oxford University.[ citation needed]
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A former member of the Irish National Team for the 100k distance (62.2 miles),[ citation needed] Collins holds the Irish national masters record over the 100k distance.[ citation needed] As captain of the Irish National Team in 2010, he won a bronze medal at the World 100k Championships held in Gibraltar.[ citation needed] He has also won The 100-mile Himalayan Stage Race and The Mount Everest Challenge Marathon, along with The Last Marathon in Antarctica, and The North Pole Marathon.[ citation needed]
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