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David Park (writer)
David Park (born 1953) is a novelist from Northern Ireland. He grew up in a Protestant working-class family in East Belfast, and wrote seven novels while working as a teacher, before retiring to write full time. His ninth novel ''Spies in Canaan'', set in Vietnam, was runner-up in the 2023 Gordon Bowker Volcano Prize for a novel focusing on travel. Selected publications * ''Oranges from Spain'' (1990, short stories) * ''The Healing'' (1992) * ''The Rye Man'' (1994) * ''Stone Kingdoms'' (1996) * ''The Big Snow'' (2002) * ''Swallowing the Sun'' (2004) * ''The Truth Commissioner'' (2008) * ''Light of Amsterdam'' (2012) * ''The Poets' Wives'' (2014) * ''Gods & Angels'' (2016) * ''Travelling in a Strange Land'' (2018) * ''Spies in Canaan'' (2022) References 1953 births Living people Novelists from Northern Ireland 21st-century male writers from Northern Ireland 21st-century novelists from Northern Ireland {{UK-novelist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Bowker Volcano Prize . Brothers said of the shortlist:
The prize is awarded for "a novel focusing on the experience of travel away from home" written in English, published in Britain or Ireland, by a British or Irish author or resident. The winner receives £2,000, and a runner-up receives £750. The Gordon Bowker Volcano Prize is a British and Irish literary award for a novel focusing on travel, awarded annually by the Society of Authors. It was inaugurated in 2022, and is named for Malcolm Lowry's book ''Under the Volcano'' and endowed in memory of Gordon Bowker (1934-2019), Lowry's biographer, by Ramdei Bowker. The three judges in the inaugural year of the prize were Caroline Brothers, Philip Hensher and Aamer Hussein Aamer Hussein (born 8 April 1955, Karachi) is a Pakistani criticBiography Aamer Hussein official website. 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1953 Births
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Novelists From Northern Ireland
A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists are professional novelists, thus make a living writing novels and other fiction, while others aspire to support themselves in this way or write as an avocation. Most novelists struggle to have their debut novel published, but once published they often continue to be published, although very few become literary celebrities, thus gaining prestige or a considerable income from their work. Description Novelists come from a variety of backgrounds and social classes, and frequently this shapes the content of their works. Public reception of a novelist's work, the literary criticism commenting on it, and the novelists' incorporation of their own experiences into works and characters can lead to the author's personal life and identity being associated with a novel's fictional content. For this reason, the environment within which a novelist work ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century Male Writers From Northern Ireland
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