Gerard Beirne
| Gerard Beirne | |
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| Born | October 30, 1962 County Tipperary, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Citizenship | Irish, Canadian |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Dublin |
| Notable awards | Irish Writer of the Year, 1996 |
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Gerard Beirne is an Irish author currently living in Canada. Beirne was the writer in residence for the 2008-2009 academical year at the University of New Brunswick, where he currently works at the English Department.[1] He is a Fiction Editor of The Fiddlehead Literary Magazine - Canada's longest surviving literary magazine.[2] He also curates the on-line magazines The Irish Literary Times and The New Brunswick Literary Times.[3]
His most recent collection of poems, Games of Chance - A Gambler's Manual, was published by Oberon Press, Fall 2011.
His novel The Eskimo in the Net was published by Marion Boyars in 2003 and was short-listed for the 2004 Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award.[4] It was selected by the Daily Express as Book of the Year.
His collection of poetry, Digging My Own Grave (published by Dedalus Press)[5] was runner-up for the Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award.[6] His story, "Sightings of Bono", was adapted for Irish film and featured Bono (of U2), it is now available as an eBook.
Beirne's CD of spoken word poetry - If it's words you're after - was released in 2006. He is a past winner of two Sunday Tribune/Hennessey Literary Awards including as New Irish Writer of the Year 1996.[7] His collaboration with classical composer Siobhán Cleary (Hum), was called "a theatrical tour de force" by The Irish Times.
In 2009, Oberon Press published his second novel, Turtle.
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External links
- Gerard Beirne.com — official website.
- Gerard Beirne.blogspot.com — Blog Site.
- Oberon Press homepage - Publisher of his second novel.
- [1] — official website of The Irish Literary Times.
- [2] — official website of The New Brunswick Literary Times.
