Ronan Sheehan
Ronan Sheehan (born 1953) is an Irish novelist, short story writer and essayist.[1]. He founded the Irish Writers Co-operative in the 1970s[2] and received the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature in 1984.[3] Until 2005 he was a practising lawyer in Dublin, specialising in copyright law.[4] [dead link] He has translated works by Catullus into English.[5]
Sheehan was educated at Gonzaga College, and University College Dublin, and the Incorporated Law Society. Neil Jordan, the Irish film-maker, called his Foley's Asia, "A meditation on arms, oppression and empire, [offering] a unique insight into [the] Irish and Indian colonial experience".[3]
Fiction
- The Tennis Players (Dublin, Co-Op Books, 1977);
- Boy with an injured eye (Tralee, Brandon Books, 1983);
- Foley's Asia (Dublin, The Lilliput Press, 1999).[3]
References
- ^ Irish Writers Online
- ^ Biography and bibliography, Princess Grace Irish Library. Retrieved: 2010-08-27.
- ^ a b c Foley's Asia at Lilliput Press. Retrieved: 2010-08-27.
- ^ Centrum Latinitatis CV for Ronan Sheehan
- ^ The Irish Catullus Westport Book Festival. Retrieved: 2010-08-27.