Naoise Dolan
Naoise Dolan | |
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Born | Dublin, Ireland | April 14, 1992
Occupation | Novelist |
Language | English |
Nationality | Irish |
Alma mater | Trinity College Dublin, Oxford University |
Genre | Fiction |
Notable works | Exciting Times |
Naoise Dolan (Irish pronunciation: [ˈn̪ˠiːʃə]; born 14 April 1992) is an Irish novelist. She is best known for her first novel Exciting Times (2020).[1]
Life[]
Dolan was born in Dublin, Ireland.[2] At school Dolan experienced homophobic bullying.[3]
In 2016, after finishing university and being unable to find work in Ireland she moved to Singapore to work as a TEFL teacher.[4] Later that year, she moved to Hong Kong.[5][4] She has also spent time living in Italy.[1] She has lived in London, off and on, since 2018.[2]
Dolan was diagnosed with autism, aged 27.[6] She has been open about her diagnosis in interviews and on social media.[2]
Career[]
Dolan obtained an English degree from Trinity College Dublin in 2016[8][2] and later a Master's in Victorian literature from Oxford University.[9][2] Dolan's desire to become a writer began while she was at Trinity College.[1]
Dolan began writing Exciting Times in 2017, when she was living in Hong Kong.[2] She completed writing the novel in five months.[2]
Dolan has received critical acclaim for Exciting Times, her first novel, often likened to fellow Trinity College Dublin graduate Sally Rooney.[10][11] Exciting Times has been optioned for a US television series by Black Bear Pictures.[2] She was shortlisted for The Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year award in 2020 and for the Dalkey Literary Award (Emerging Writer) in 2021.[12][13]
Books[]
Exciting Times follows the story of 22-year-old Dubliner, Ava, while she is teaching English in Hong Kong, and her relationships with Julian, an Oxford-educated banker and Edith, a corporate lawyer from a wealthy Hong-Kong family.[14] The New York Times described it at as a novel where "jealousy and obsession, love and late capitalism, sex and the internet all come whirling together in a wry and bracing tale of class and privilege."[14]
In a March 2021 interview, Dolan stated that she was making edits on her second novel.[15]
Awards and recognition[]
- 2021 – Longlisted – Women's Prize for Fiction[16]
- 2021 – Longlisted – Swansea University International Dylan Thomas Prize[17]
- 2020 – Shortlisted – Waterstones Book of the Year[18]
- 2020 – Shortlisted – The Sunday Times / University of Warwick Young Writer of the Year Award[19]
- 2021 – Longlisted – Dylan Thomas Prize[20]
Novels[]
- Exciting Times (Orion Publishing Co, 2020, ISBN 9781474618908)
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Cain, Sian (2020-04-19). "Naoise Dolan: 'I'm not good at presenting myself as likable'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h Bol, Rosita. "Naoise Dolan: 'I feel pressure to tell people I am autistic, in case I am too blunt'". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
- ^ "'Why couldn't I come out at 16 when it was something kids were saying about me anyway?' - author Naoise Dolan". independent. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Singapore, Naoise Dolan in. "I hate the term 'expat', but being one brings great freedom". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
- ^ "Naoise Dolan: In Life & In Novels, Nothing Is More Interesting Than Relationships". British Vogue. 14 March 2021. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
- ^ Dolan, Naoise. "Naoise Dolan: how being diagnosed with autism aged 27 changed my life". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
- ^ Dolan, Naoise. "Naoise Dolan: We need more LGBT stories because there are so many to tell".
- ^ IMAGE (21 April 2020). "Meet author Naoise Dolan – the Irish fiction newcomer that everybody's talking about". IMAGE.ie. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
- ^ "All off script... Meet Naoise Dolan, the funniest writer you will read this year". independent. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
- ^ "Exciting Times: Naoise Dolan's dazzling debut offers a rare treat in times of isolation". independent. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
- ^ Gilmartin, Sarah. "Exciting Times review: Whipsmart debut heralds a new star of Irish writing". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
- ^ Times, The Sunday. "The Sunday Times/University of Warwick Young Writer of the Year award 2020: shortlist announced". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
- ^ "Emerging Writer Award Shortlist 2021". www.zurich.ie. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Wang, Xuan Juliana (2020-06-02). "In 'Exciting Times,' Echoes of Sally Rooney, but With a Queer Twist". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
- ^ AnOther (2021-03-08). "Naoise Dolan, the Queer New Prodigy of Irish Literature". AnOther. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
- ^ "Revealing the 2021 Women's Prize longlist". Women's Prize for Fiction. 2021-03-10. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
- ^ "2021 Longlist – Swansea University". www.swansea.ac.uk. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
- ^ "Waterstones Book of the Year 2020 | Waterstones". www.waterstones.com. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
- ^ "Naoise Dolan". Young Writer of the Year Award. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
- ^ "Dylan Thomas Prize 2021: Longlist Announced". Wales Arts Review. 2021-01-21. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
- Living people
- Irish novelists
- Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
- Alumni of the University of Oxford
- Irish women novelists
- Writers from Dublin (city)
- 1992 births
- People on the autism spectrum
- LGBT writers from Ireland
- Queer writers
- Queer women
- Expatriates in Singapore
- Irish expatriates in Hong Kong
- Irish expatriates in Italy
- Irish expatriates in England