Kevin Power (born 19 August 1981) is an Irish writer and academic. He currently teaches in the School of English at

Trinity College Dublin , name_Latin = Collegium Sanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae Elizabethae juxta Dublin , motto = ''Perpetuis futuris temporibus duraturam'' (Latin) , motto_lang = la , motto_English = It will last i ...

. He writes regularly for

The Sunday Business Post The ''Business Post'' (formerly ''The Sunday Business Post'') is a Sunday newspaper distributed nationally in Ireland and an online publication. It is focused mainly on business and financial issues in Ireland. Founding to Irish financial crisi ...

. His novel ''

Bad Day in Blackrock ''Bad Day in Blackrock'' is a 2008 novel by Kevin Power. The plot was loosely based on the real-life death of Brian Murphy that occurred in Dublin in 2000 as a result of a violent assault outside a nightclub.Irish Independent, 5 October 2008/Sho ...

'' was published by

The Lilliput Press The Lilliput Press is an Irish publishing house. It was founded in 1984 by Antony Farrell, in County Westmeath "Noble above nobility" , image_map = Island of Ireland location map Westmeath.svg , subdivision_type = Country ...

, Dublin, in 2008 and filmed in 2012 as

What Richard Did ''What Richard Did'' is a 2012 Irish film directed by Lenny Abrahamson and written by Malcolm Campbell. The film is loosely based on Kevin Power's '' Bad Day in Blackrock'', a 2008 novel inspired by the real-life death of Brian Murphy in 2000. ...

. In April 2009 Power received the 2008 Hennessy XO Emerging Fiction Award for his short story "The American Girl" and was shortlisted for RTÉ's Francis MacManus short story award in 2007 for his piece entitled "Wilderness Gothic". He is the winner of the 2009

Rooney Prize for Irish Literature The Rooney Prize for Irish Literature was created in 1976 by the Irish American businessman Dan Rooney, owner and chairman of the NFL Pittsburgh Steelers franchise and former US Ambassador to Ireland. The prize is awarded to Irish writers aged un ...

Education

Power graduated from

University College Dublin University College Dublin (commonly referred to as UCD) ( ga, Coláiste na hOllscoile, Baile Átha Cliath) is a public research university in Dublin, Ireland, and a collegiate university, member institution of the National University of Ireland ...

with a BA (2002), an MA (2003), and a PhD in American Literature in 2013.Kevin Power
Academic Staff, Trinity College Dublin.

Bibliography

Bad Day in Blackrock (2010) White City (2021) The Written World (forthcoming, May 2022)

References

Reviews

Review in ''The Sunday Business Post''

External links

Darran McCann , Staff Profile , DCUKevin Power , BusinessPost.ieLilliput Press, the author's publisherTrinity College Dublin Press ReleaseSimon and Schuster Author Profile
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