Donal Ryan

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Donal Ryan (* 1976 or 1977 near Nenagh ) is an Irish writer .

Life

Ryan studied civil engineering and law at Limerick University and was with the State Agency for Workers' Rights until 2014. He lives in Castletroy with his wife and two children.

Ryan's first novels were rejected 47 times before Lilliput Press published The Spinning Heart in 2012 and Ryan's first novel, The Thing about December , a year later . In 2015 and 2016, Diogenes published the German translations The Case with December and The Faces of Truth in the order in which they were created.

Works

  • The thing about December . Diogenes, Zurich 2015, ISBN 978-3-257-06927-3 . (Original: The Thing about December . The Lilliput Press, Dublin 2013)
  • The faces of truth . Diogenes, Zurich 2016, ISBN 978-3-257-06963-1 . (Original: The Spinning Heart . The Lilliput Press, Dublin 2012)
  • A Slanting of the Sun: Stories . The Lilliput Press, Dublin 2012, ISBN 978-1-843-51657-6 .
  • All We Shall Know . Doubleday, 2016, ISBN 978-0-857-52437-9 .
  • From a Low and Quiet Sea . Doubleday, 2018

Awards and nominations

  • 2012: Irish Book Awards , Newcomer of the Year for The Spinning Heart
  • 2012: Irish Book Awards, Book of the Year for The Spinning Heart
  • 2013: Guardian First Book Award for The Spinning Heart
  • 2015: European Union Literature Prize for The Spinning Heart
  • 2015: Irish Book Awards, Short Story of the Year for A Slanting Of The Sun
  • 2016: Dublin Book Festival, Irish Book of the Decade for The Spinning Heart
  • 2018: Longlist of the Man Booker Prize with From A Low And Quiet Sea

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hector Tobar: Rejected 47 times, Irish novelist finally wins recognition. In: latimes.com. Retrieved January 1, 2017 .
  2. ^ Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards »2012 Winners. In: www.irishbookawards.irish. Retrieved January 1, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Richard Lea: Guardian first book award 2013 goes to Donal Ryan . In: The Guardian . November 28, 2013, ISSN  0261-3077 ( theguardian.com [accessed January 1, 2017]).
  4. ^ Donal Ryan - European Union Prize for Literature. (No longer available online.) In: www.euprizeliterature.eu. Archived from the original on April 19, 2015 ; accessed on January 1, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.euprizeliterature.eu
  5. ^ Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards »Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards 2015 winning authors revealed. Retrieved January 1, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Donal Ryan wins Dublin Book Festival's Book of The Decade . In: RTE.ie . November 14, 2016 ( rte.ie [accessed January 1, 2017]).
personal data
SURNAME Ryan, Donal
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Irish writer
DATE OF BIRTH 1976 or 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH at Nenagh