Sebastian Barry
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| Gender | Male |
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| Age | 68 |
| Date of birth | July 5,1955 |
| Zodiac sign | Cancer |
| Born | Dublin |
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| Spouse | Allison Deegan |
| Siblings | Siubhan Barry |
| Guy Barry | |
| Jane Barry | |
| Awards | Costa Book of the Year |
| Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best New Play | |
| Notabl award | James Tait Black Memorial Prize |
| Movies/Shows | The Secret Scripture |
| Parents | Joan O'Hara |
| Francis J. Barry | |
| Books | The Secret Scripture |
| Aunts | Mary O'Hara |
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| ID | 410467 |
Sebastian Barry Life story
Sebastian Barry is an Irish novelist, playwright and poet. He was named Laureate for Irish Fiction, 2019–2021. He is noted for his lyrical literary writing style and is considered one of Ireland's finest writers. Barry's literary career began in poetry before he began writing plays and novels.
Belfast writer Lucy Caldwell wins Walter Scott fiction prize
Belfast writer Lucy Caldwell has won the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction for her novel These Days .
She was announced as The Winner at the Borders Book Festival which is taking place in Melrose.
She took the £25,000 top prize for Her Story of The Aerial bombardment of her home city during World War II.
The judges of the award praised her winning work for its " pitch-perfect, engrossing narrative ringing with emotional truth".
Founded in 2009, the Walter Scott Prize has become one of Britain's most important literary awards with previous winners including Sebastian Barry , Robert Harris , Andrea Levy and Hilary Mantel .
The judges said Ms Caldwell's novel was a " A Story of both great violence and great tenderness".
She immersed herself in eyewitness accounts while she was writing The Book , interviewing survivors, including a 103-year-old.
" These Days felt so alive to me as I was writing it, so urgent - it didn't feel like 'history' at all, it didn't even feel like it had happened, it felt like it was happening as I wrote it, " She Said .
The Other shortlisted novels for the award were The Geometer Lobachevsky by Adrian Duncan, Act of Oblivion by Robert Harris , The Chosen by Elizabeth Lowry , The Sun Walks Down by Fiona McFarlane, Ancestry by Simon Mawer and I Am Not Your Eve by Devika Ponnambalam.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
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