Paul Lynch (writer)
Paul Lynch is an Irish writer living in Dublin, Ireland. He was born in Limerick in 1977 and grew up in County Donegal.[1] His first novel Red Sky in Morning won him acclaim in the United States and France, where the book was a finalist for France's Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger (Best Foreign Book Award).[1] His second novel, The Black Snow, won France's bookseller prize, Prix Libr’à Nous for best foreign novel.[2] Grace, his third novel, won The Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year [3] and was shortlisted for The Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction.[4]
Background[]
Lynch was the chief film critic of the Sunday Tribune from 2007 to 2011. He had previously served from 2004 as the paper's deputy chief-sub editor. He has written regularly for The Sunday Times on film and has also written for The Irish Times, The Sunday Business Post, and Film Ireland.[citation needed]
Awards[]
- Ireland Francophonie Ambassadors’ Literary Award, winner 2020[5]
- The Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award, winner 2018[6]
- The Walter Scott Prize, shortlisted 2018,[7]
- The William Saroyan International Prize, shortlisted 2018
- Prix Jean-Monnet de Littérature Européenne, shortlisted 2019[8]
- Prix Littérature Monde, shortlisted 2019[9]
- Grand Prix de L’Héroïne, shortlisted 2019[10]
- Prix Libr’à Nous for Best Foreign Novel, winner 2016[7]
- Prix des Lecteurs Privat, winner 2016[7]
- Ireland Francophonie Ambassadors’ Literary Award, shortlisted 2016
- Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger, finalist 2014[7]
- Prix Femina, nominated 2015[7]
- Prix du Premier Roman, nominated 2014[7]
- Prix du Roman Fnac, nominated 2015[7]
- Best Newcomer at Bord Gais Irish Books of the Year, shortlisted 2013
Novels[]
- Red Sky in Morning. London: Quercus, 2013. New York: Little, Brown, 2013
- The Black Snow. London: Quercus, 2014. New York: Little, Brown, 2015
- Grace. London: Oneworld, 2017. New York: Little, Brown, 2017
- Beyond the Sea. London: Oneworld, 2019. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2020
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Biography of Paul Lynch, award-winning Irish author".
- ^ "Libr'à Nous 2017, un prix littéraire décerné par des libraires, pour les lecteurs". 17 October 2016.
- ^ "'Grace' by Paul Lynch wins Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award".
- ^ Baker, Sinead. "Irish author Paul Lynch shortlisted for prestigious Walter Scott Prize". TheJournal.ie.
- ^ https://ie.ambafrance.org/Come-celebrate-Paul-Lynch-at-the-Ireland-Francophonie-Ambassadors-Literary. Missing or empty
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(help) - ^ "'Grace' by Paul Lynch wins Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award".
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g Doyle, Martin. "'Grace' by Paul Lynch is June's Book Club pick". The Irish Times.
- ^ "Littératures européennes Cognac réduit sa liste de prétendants au prix Jean Monnet". SudOuest.fr.
- ^ "Prix AFD-Littérature Monde 2019". www.etonnants-voyageurs.com.
- ^ "Grand Prix 2019 de l'Héroïne "Madame Figaro" : les livres en compétition - Madame Figaro".
External links[]
- 20th-century Irish novelists
- 20th-century Irish male writers
- Irish male novelists
- 1977 births
- Living people