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Irish novelist and short-story writer (born 1965)
Mike McCormack
(born 1965) is an
Irish
novelist and short-story writer. He has published two collections of short stories,
Getting It In the Head
and
Forensic Songs
and four novels -
Crowe's Requiem
,
Notes from a Coma
,
Solar Bones
, and
This Plague of Souls.
He was described as "a disgracefully neglected writer"
[1]
[2]
[3]
early in his career, but the success of some of his later works and his tenure as a writing educator have brought him wide recognition today.
[4]
McCormack was born in
London
.
[5]
He grew up on a farm in
Louisburgh, County Mayo
, and studied English and philosophy at
UCG
.
[6]
In 1996, he was awarded the
Rooney Prize for Irish Literature
. In 1998,
Getting It In the Head
was voted a
New York Times
Notable Book of the Year. A story from the collection, "The Terms", was adapted into an award-winning short film directed by Johnny O'Reilly.
In 2006,
Notes from a Coma
was shortlisted for the Irish Book of the Year Award. In 2010,
John Waters
in
The Irish Times
described it as "the greatest Irish novel of the decade just ended". It took McCormack seven years to write the book.
[6]
In May 2016, Dublin publisher
Tramp Press
published his novel
Solar Bones
; this went on to win the
Goldsmiths Prize
. The book was unusual in that it was written as a single sentence
[7]
(albeit a long one, that spans about 270 pages).
[8]
Also in 2016, the book was named "Novel of the Year" by the
Irish Book Awards
.
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citation needed
]
He was elected to
Aosdana
in 2018.
[9]
In June 2018, McCormack won the Dublin Literary Prize of €100,000, the largest literary prize in the world for a single novel published in English, for his book
Solar Bones
.
[8]
He lives in Galway with his wife Maeve, where he works as a lecturer and director of
NUI Galway
's MA in Creative Writing.
[10]
[2]
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[12]
[4]
Writings
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See also
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References
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"Core selves go missing in high-tech celeb world"
.
The Irish Times
. 15 January 2010
. Retrieved
15 January
2010
.
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a
b
"Taking risks, challenging publishers, and earning readers"
.
The Irish Times
. 10 April 2013. p. 1
. Retrieved
10 April
2013
.
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"Taking risks, challenging publishers, and earning readers"
.
The Irish Times
. 10 April 2013. p. 2
. Retrieved
10 April
2013
.
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a
b
Fox, Killian (11 November 2023).
"Mike McCormack: 'If I've one gift as a writer, it's patience'
"
.
The Guardian
.
ISSN
0261-3077
. Retrieved
12 November
2023
.
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"A Real Heart Stopper"
.
Transcript Review
. Archived from
the original
on 13 June 2018
. Retrieved
1 May
2013
.
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a
b
McKeon, Belinda (13 May 2005).
"Metaphysics gets a Mayo accent"
.
The Irish Times
. Retrieved
13 May
2005
.
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"Goldsmiths Prize: Single sentence novel wins £10,000 award"
.
BBC News
. 10 November 2016
. Retrieved
10 November
2016
.
- ^
a
b
Cain, Sian (13 June 2018).
"Mike McCormack wins €100,000 International Dublin lite"
.
The Guardian
.
Archived
from the original on 13 June 2018
. Retrieved
13 June
2018
.
- ^
Kelly, Aoife (13 June 2018).
"Mike McCormack wins €100,000 International Dublin Literary Award for Solar Bones"
.
Irish Independent
.
Independent News & Media
. Retrieved
13 June
2018
.
Sheila Pratschke, Chair of the Arts Council said, "Mike has a long relationship with the Arts Council, through our residency programmes, bursary awards and, most recently, through his appointment to Aosdana, and we have known for many years that he is a writer of astonishing talent."
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"People - NUI Galway"
.
NUI Galway
. Retrieved
7 January
2020
.
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"Mike McCormack: Cuirt International Festival of Literature"
.
Galway Arts Centre
. 2008. Archived from
the original
on 14 February 2010.
- ^
"Mike McCormack & Mary Costello"
.
Cuirt International Festival of Literature
. 2013. Archived from
the original
on 2 July 2013.
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