Kevin Barry (writer)

Kevin Barry
Born1969 (age 54–55)
Limerick, Ireland
OccupationWriter
Notable workCity of Bohane
Beatlebone
Night Boat to Tangier
Awards

Kevin Barry (born 1969) is an Irish writer. He is the author of three collections of short stories and three novels. City of Bohane (2011) was the winner of the 2013 International Dublin Literary Award. Beatlebone (2015) won the 2015 Goldsmiths Prize and is one of seven books by Irish authors nominated for the 2017 International Dublin Literary Award,[1] the world's most valuable annual literary fiction prize for books published in English. His 2019 novel Night Boat to Tangier was longlisted for the 2019 Booker Prize.[2][3][4] Barry is also an editor of Winter Papers, an arts and culture annual.[5]

  1. ^ "Seven Irish writers on the longlist for world's richest literary prize". The Irish Times. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  2. ^ Marshall, Alex (23 July 2019). "Margaret Atwood and Salman Rushdie in Running for Booker Prize". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  3. ^ O'Connor, Roisin (23 July 2019). "Booker Prize longlist includes Margaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie and Oyinkan Braithwaite". The Independent. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  4. ^ Schaub, Michael (24 July 2019). "Booker Prize longlist includes Margaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie, Valeria Luiselli". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  5. ^ "Winter Papers 5: 'You can fling open any page and find something to curl into as the light fades'". independent. 23 November 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2020.