Keith Ridgway (born 2 October 1965) is an Irish novelist. An author, he has been described as "a worthy inheritor" of "the modernist tradition in Irish fiction."

Writings

''Horses'', Ridgway's first published work of fiction, appeared in ''Faber First Fictions Volume 13'' in 1997. In 1998 ''The Long Falling'' was published by Faber & Faber, London. It was adapted into a film by French director

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in 2011: '' Où va la nuit''. A collection of short fiction, ''Standard Time,'' appeared in 2000, followed by Ridgway's third novel, ''The Parts,'' in 2003. Both were published by Faber & Faber. In 2006 ''Animals'' was published by

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, London. A short story, "Goo Book," was published in the April 11, 2011, issue o
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magazine. ''Hawthorn & Child,'' was published by New Directions on 2013. His first novel in eight years, ''

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'', was published by Picador in June 2021. Ridgway's novels have been translated into several languages and have been published in France, Italy, and Germany.

Awards

Keith Ridgway was awarded the

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in 2001. That same year ''The Long Falling'' received the

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Étranger (translated as "Mauvaise Pente"). Ridgway's short story "Rothko Eggs" won the O. Henry Award in 2012 and was anthologized in the PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories that year.

References

External links

Keith Ridgway on "Goo Book" in The New Yorker Blog: Book BenchKeith Ridgway on Twitter

Keith Ridgway at New Directions
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