Eugene McCabe
Eugene McCabe (born July 7, 1930 in Glasgow , † August 27, 2020 in Cavan ) was an Irish writer and playwright .
Life
McCabe was in 1930 in the Scottish Glasgow, the son of an Irish born innkeeper. McCabe lived in Ireland from 1939 and studied at Dublin Castleknock College and University College Cork . In 1950 he published a first short story. He then took up running a farm near Clones for ten years . Later he also worked as a farmer parallel to his writing.
McCabe's work includes novels, short stories, plays, and screenplays. His novel Death and Nightingales , published in 1992, served as the template for a three-part TV adaptation by the BBC (2018).
For Raidió Teilifís Éireann he edited two short stories as television pieces.
Awards
He was awarded the Prague International Television Festival Prize for his play Cancer . In 1964 he received the Irish Life Award for King of the Castle , the Irish Critics Award in 1976 for the trilogy of drama Victims and the Royal Society of Literature Award in 1977 for the novel Victims .
Works (selection)
- King of the Castle , 1964
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Victims: A Tale from Fermanagh . Gollancz, London 1976, ISBN 0-575021691 .
- German by Hans-Christian Oeser : The world is still beautiful . Steidl Verlag , Göttingen 2015, ISBN 978-3-95829-048-8 .
- Heritage and Other Stories , 1978
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Death and Nightingales . Novel. Secker & Warburg, London 1992.
- German by Hans-Christian Oeser: Death and Nightingales , Steidl Verlag, Göttingen 2011, ISBN 978-3-86930-233-1 .
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The Love of Sisters . New Island, Dublin 2009, ISBN 978-1848400184 .
- German by Hans-Christian Oeser: Sisters . Steidl Verlag, Göttingen 2014, ISBN 978-3-86930-752-7 .
literature
- Short biography Eugene McCabe in explorations - 30 Irish storytellers , Verlag Volk und Welt Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-353-00123-9 , page 346.
Web links
- Eugene McCabe on the Steidl Verlag website
- FAZ online review of death and nightingales , 2011
- The Irish Times : Eugene McCabe, author and playwright, dies, aged 90
Individual evidence
- ↑ The death has occurred of Eugene McCabe , rip.ie, published and accessed on August 27, 2020
- ↑ https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/buecher/rezensions/belletristik/eugene-mccabe-tod-und-nachtigallen-irlands-betrueger-und-betrogene-11548865.html accessed on May 8, 2019
- ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2018/death-and-nightingales accessed on May 8, 2019
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | McCabe, Eugene |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish writer and playwright |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 7, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Glasgow |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 27, 2020 |
| Place of death | Cavan |