Patrick Boyle (writer)

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Patrick Boyle (* 1905 in Ballymoney , Northern Ireland , † 1982 ) was a Northern Irish author.

Life

Born the son of a lawyer , he attended the Ursuline Convent School in Coleraine and the Coleraine Academical Institution. Boyle then worked initially as a bank clerk and later as a bank manager.

He wrote a novel and short stories. In 1965 he received the Irish Times Literary Award . Boyle was a member of the Irish Academy of Letters .

Works

  • Like Any Other Man , 1966; Like everyone else , 1966
  • At Night All Cats Are Gray , 1966; At night all cats are grey
  • The Betrayers , 1969
  • All Looks Yellow to the Jaundiced Eye , 1969
  • A View from Calvary , 1976

literature

  • Short biography Patrick Boyle in Erkundungen - 30 Irish storytellers , Verlag Volk und Welt Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-353-00123-9 , page 342
personal data
SURNAME Boyle, Patrick
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Northern Irish author
DATE OF BIRTH 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Ballymoney , Northern Ireland
DATE OF DEATH 1982