Billy O'Callaghan
Billy O'Callaghan | |
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![]() Billy O'Callaghan (August 2016) | |
Born | Cork, Ireland | 9 December 1974
Occupation | Writer |
Nationality | Ireland |
Period | 1999–present |
Literary movement | Irish Short Story |
Notable works | The Things We Lose, The Things We Leave Behind. My Coney Island Baby |
Website | |
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Billy O'Callaghan (born 9 December 1974) is an Irish short fiction writer and novelist. He is best known for his short-story collection The Things We Lose, The Things We Leave Behind, which was awarded the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Award for the short story in 2013[1][2][3] and his widely-translated novel My Coney Island Baby, which was shortlisted for the Royal Society of Literature's Encore Award.
Early life[]
Billy O'Callaghan was born in Cork in 1974, and grew up in Douglas village, where he still lives.
Literary career[]
His first collection of short stories, In Exile, was published by Mercier Press in 2008.[4] This was followed a year later by a second collection, In Too Deep (also published by Mercier Press).[5][6] In 2013, his third collection, The Things We Lose, The Things We Leave Behind, was published by New Island Books.[7][8] His short stories have been published in literary journals around the world,[9] and translated into several other languages. His work has been broadcast on RTÉ Radio 1's The Book On One,[10] Sunday Miscellany[11] and the Francis McManus Award series.[12]
In 2017, Ploughshares published O'Callaghan's story A Death in the Family as a Ploughshares Solo.[13]
O'Callaghan's first novel, The Dead House, was published in Ireland by Brandon, an imprint of O'Brien Press, in 2017, and in North America by Arcade Publishing in 2018.[14][15]
His novel, My Coney Island Baby, was published in 2019, by Jonathan Cape (UK)[16] and Harper (USA),[17] as well as in French by Éditions Grasset as Les amants de Coney Island, translated by Carine Chichereau,[18] Dutch by Ambo Anthos as Mijn lief op Coney Island, translated by Lette Vos,[19] German by as Die Liebenden von Coney Island, translated by Sibylle Schmidt[20] Czech by as Náš Coney Island, translated by Petr Eliáš,[21] Catalan by L'Altra Editorial as Els amants de Coney Island, translated by Ferran Ràfols Gesa,[22] Italian by Guanda Editore as My Coney Island Baby, translated by Ada Arduini [23] and Hungarian by Jelenkor as Szerelmem, Coney Island, translated by Zoltán Pék.[24]
A new short story collection, The Boatman and Other Stories, was published in January 2020 by Jonathan Cape (UK)[25] and Harper Perennial (USA).[26]
A new novel Life Sentences was published in 2021 by Jonathan Cape (UK)[27]
Awards[]
In November 2013, "The Things We Lose, The Things We Leave Behind" won the inaugural Short Story of the Year Award at the 2013 Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Award; "Down by the River" was selected in 2014 as Ireland's representative in the ongoing UNESCO Cities of Literature project;[28] and "The Boatman" was a finalist for the 2016 Costa Short Story Award.[29] In June 2020, My Coney Island Baby was shortlisted for the Royal Society of Literature's Encore Award.[30]
Bibliography[]
Short story collections[]
- In Exile (2008)
- In Too Deep (2009)
- The Things We Lose, The Things We Leave Behind (2013)
- The Boatman and Other Stories (2020)
Non-fiction[]
- Learning from the Greats: Lessons on Writing, from the Great Writers (2014)[31]
Novels[]
- The Dead House (2017)
- My Coney Island Baby (2019)
- Life Sentences (2021)
References[]
- ^ "Writing.ie Short Story of the Year".
- ^ "Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Award Winners". The Sunday Independent. 2 December 2013.
- ^ "Irish Book Award Winners".
- ^ McClements, Freya (24 January 2009). "PAPERBACKS". The Irish Times.
- ^ "Billy O'Callaghan, Mercier Press".
- ^ Van Booy, Simon. "In Too Deep Review". The Stinging Fly, Issue 15, Vol. 2.
- ^ "No escape from reality in atmospheric fictions". The Irish Examiner. 23 November 2013.
- ^ McLaughlin, Danielle. "The Things We Lose, The Things We Leave Behind". Southword.
- ^ The Forge literary magazine, 28 March 2016
- ^ "RTÉ Radio 1: The Book On One".
- ^ Sunday Miscellany 24 November 2013, RTE.
- ^ Francis McManus short story, RTE, 2 November 2015.
- ^ "A Death in the Family (6.4) | Ploughshares". www.pshares.org. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
- ^ "Billy O'Callaghan | Author Rights Agency". Archived from the original on 18 April 2016.
- ^ Book Review, New York Times, 1 June 2018.
- ^ Penguin Books site.
- ^ Harper Collins site.
- ^ Grasset site.
- ^ Ambo Anthos site
- ^ Random House site
- ^ Paseka site.
- ^ L'Altra Editorial site
- ^ [1]
- ^ [2]
- ^ Penguin Books site.
- ^ Harper Collins site.
- ^ Penguin Books site.
- ^ "Down by the River eftir Billy O'Callaghan". Archived from the original on 24 March 2015.
- ^ Irish writers on Costa short story award list, Irish Times, 26 January 2017.
- ^ [3]
- ^ Learning From The Greats Archived 16 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine: Lessons on Writing, from the Great Writers
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