Robert McLiam Wilson | |
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Born | Robert Wilson 24 February 1964 Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Occupation | Novelist, journalist |
Language | English |
Education | St Malachy's College; St Catharine's College, Cambridge |
Genre | Crime, Thriller |
Notable works | Ripley Bogle, Eureka Street |
Notable awards | Betty Trask Award; Rooney Prize |
Robert McLiam Wilson (born Robert Wilson, 24 February 1964) [1] [2] is a Northern Irish novelist.
He was born in the New Lodge district of Belfast and then moved to Turf Lodge and other places in the city. [3]
He attended St Malachy's College and studied English at St Catharine's College, Cambridge; [4] however, he dropped out [5] [6] and, for a short time, was homeless. [6] This period of his life profoundly affected his later life and influenced his works. [5]
Wilson moved to Paris where he writes for Charlie Hebdo and Libération. [6] He also writes occasionally for The Guardian, Corriere della Sera and Le Monde.
McLiam Wilson has written three novels: [2]
Ripley Bogle is a novel about a homeless man in London. Eureka Street focuses on the lives of two Belfast friends, one Catholic and one Protestant, shortly before and after the IRA ceasefires in 1994. A BBC TV adaptation of Eureka Street was broadcast in 1999. [5]
He is also the author of a non-fiction book about poverty, The Dispossessed (1992), [2] and has made television documentaries for the BBC. His next novel, Extremists, has been postponed again and again.
His work has been described as 'strikingly original' [7] and as 'one of the most influential literary voices to emerge from Northern Ireland since the Troubles began [who has] has challenged the understanding of contemporary Irishness'. [8]
In 2003, he was named by Granta magazine as one of 20 "Best of Young British Novelists", despite the fact that he has not published new work in English since 1996. [2]
"Ripley Bogle" won the Rooney Prize and the Hughes Prize in 1989, and a Betty Trask Award and the Irish Book Awards in 1990. [2]
Robert McLiam Wilson | |
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Born | Robert Wilson 24 February 1964 Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Occupation | Novelist, journalist |
Language | English |
Education | St Malachy's College; St Catharine's College, Cambridge |
Genre | Crime, Thriller |
Notable works | Ripley Bogle, Eureka Street |
Notable awards | Betty Trask Award; Rooney Prize |
Robert McLiam Wilson (born Robert Wilson, 24 February 1964) [1] [2] is a Northern Irish novelist.
He was born in the New Lodge district of Belfast and then moved to Turf Lodge and other places in the city. [3]
He attended St Malachy's College and studied English at St Catharine's College, Cambridge; [4] however, he dropped out [5] [6] and, for a short time, was homeless. [6] This period of his life profoundly affected his later life and influenced his works. [5]
Wilson moved to Paris where he writes for Charlie Hebdo and Libération. [6] He also writes occasionally for The Guardian, Corriere della Sera and Le Monde.
McLiam Wilson has written three novels: [2]
Ripley Bogle is a novel about a homeless man in London. Eureka Street focuses on the lives of two Belfast friends, one Catholic and one Protestant, shortly before and after the IRA ceasefires in 1994. A BBC TV adaptation of Eureka Street was broadcast in 1999. [5]
He is also the author of a non-fiction book about poverty, The Dispossessed (1992), [2] and has made television documentaries for the BBC. His next novel, Extremists, has been postponed again and again.
His work has been described as 'strikingly original' [7] and as 'one of the most influential literary voices to emerge from Northern Ireland since the Troubles began [who has] has challenged the understanding of contemporary Irishness'. [8]
In 2003, he was named by Granta magazine as one of 20 "Best of Young British Novelists", despite the fact that he has not published new work in English since 1996. [2]
"Ripley Bogle" won the Rooney Prize and the Hughes Prize in 1989, and a Betty Trask Award and the Irish Book Awards in 1990. [2]