Mary Morrissy

Mary Morrissy (* 1957 in Dublin ) is an Irish writer and journalist .

Life

Morrissy graduated from the Rathmines School of Journalism . She worked as an editor for the Irish newspaper The Irish Press in Australia . At the University of Arkansas , she taught creative writing and summer courses at the University of Iowa .

Morrissy worked as Jenny McKean Moore Writer at George Washington University in 2008/2009 . Morrissy's The Duchess earned her a place as a Cullman Fellow at the New York Public Library . The Duchess is an imaginary autobiography by Seán O'Casey's sister, Bella O'Casey. The novel was published in 2013 under the title The Rising of Bella Casey . Morrissy has worked as a creative writing lecturer at University College Cork since 2015 .

Awards

Morrissy received the Hennessy Award for a short story in 1984 and the Lannan Literary Award in 1995 . She was nominated for the 1996 Whitbread Prize . In 2015 Morrissy became a member of the Irish artists' association Aosdána .

Works

Short stories

• A lazy eye. Jonathan Cape, London / Scribner, New York 1993, ISBN 0-09-970141-3 .
• New Irish Short Stories. Ed. Joseph O'Connor . Faber and Faber, 2011, ISBN 978-0-571-25527-6 .
• Dubliners 100th Ed. Thomas Morris. Tramp Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-9928170-1-5 .
• Prosperity Drive. Jonathan Cape, 2016, ISBN 978-0-224-10219-3 .

Novels

• Mother of pearl. Scribner, 1995 / Jonathan Cape, 1996, ISBN 0-09-958251-1 .
• The Pretender. Jonathan Cape, 2000, ISBN 0-09-928367-0 .
• The Rising of Bella Casey. Brandon, 2013, ISBN 978-1-84717-576-2 .

Web links

• Website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Activities & Events , George Washington University, accessed February 5, 2020.
2. ^ Fellows and Their Topics for the Year 2005-2006 , New York Public Library , accessed February 5, 2020.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Mary Morrissy at University College Cork
4. ↑ Portrait on aosdana.artscouncil.ie (with photo), accessed on February 6, 2020.