Anne Enright | |
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 Enright at Literaturhaus Köln, 18 November 2008 | |
| Born | Anne Teresa Enright 11 October 1962 Dublin, Ireland |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Alma mater | |
| Period | Contemporary |
| Genre | Novel, short story |
| Subject | Family Love Motherhood[1] |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Notable works |
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| Notable awards | Rooney Prize for Irish Literature, 1991 Encore Award, 2001 Man Booker Prize, 2007 Irish Novel of the Year, 2008 |
| Spouse | Martin Murphy |
| Children | 2 |
Anne Teresa Enright[2] FRSL (born 11 October 1962) is an Irish writer. The first Laureate for Irish Fiction (2015–2018) and winner of the Man Booker Prize (2007), she has published eight novels, many short stories, and a non-fiction work called Making Babies: Stumbling into Motherhood, about the birth of her two children. Her essays on literary themes have appeared in the London Review of Books and The New York Review of Books, and she writes for the books pages of The Irish Times and The Guardian. Her fiction explores themes such as family, love, identity and motherhood.[3]
Enright won the 2007 Man Booker Prize for her fourth novel The Gathering. Her second novel, What Are You Like?, was shortlisted in the novel category of the 2000 Whitbread Awards. Her 2012 novel The Forgotten Waltz won the Andre Carnegie Medal for Fiction. Her novel The Green Road was shortlisted for the Woman's Prize, and won The Irish Novel of the Year (2015).
- ^ Thorpe, Vanessa (1 August 2004). "Having a child is an ordeal from which you never quite recover". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 28 December 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2004.
- ^ "Laureate for Irish Fiction 2015–2018". 2 April 2019. Archived from the original on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
- ^ "Low-profile literary purist gatecrashes Booker party". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. 17 October 2007. Archived from the original on 8 December 2012. Retrieved 17 October 2007.