Catherine Dunne (born 1954) is an Irish writer. She was born in Dublin and studied English and Spanish at Trinity College, Dublin, before becoming a teacher.[1] In 2013, she was awarded the Giovanni Boccaccio International Prize for Fiction for The Things We Know,[2] which was published in Italy as Quel che ora sappiamo.[3] Dunne received the Irish PEN Award for Literature in 2018.[4]
Catherine Dunne | |
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| Born | 1954 (age 69–70) Dublin, Ireland |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Dublin |
| Website | |
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Published books edit
As of July 2016[update], Dunne had written ten novels and a work of non-fiction.[5][6] Her first novel, published in 1997, was In the Beginning, which was described in Publishers Weekly as "an auspicious debut".[7]
Non-fiction edit
- An Unconsidered People: The Irish in Sixties London (New Island, 2003)
Novels edit
- In the Beginning (Jonathan Cape, 1997)
- A Name for Himself (Jonathan Cape, 1998)
- The Walled Garden (Pan, 2000)
- Another Kind of Life (Picador, 2003)
- Something Like Love (Macmillan, 2006)
- At a Time Like This (Pan, 2007)
- Set in Stone (Pan, 2009)
- Missing Julia (Pan, 2010)
- The Things We Know Now (Pan, 2013)
- The Years That Followed (Macmillan, 2016)[6]
References edit
- ^ "Catherine Dunne". Pan Macmillan. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
- ^ "Irish author Catherine Dunne honoured in Italy". RTÉ. 4 July 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- ^ Doyle, Martin (27 September 2013). "Loose Leaves". The Irish Times. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
- ^ "Irish PEN Award for Literature". Irish PEN. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ "Biography". Catherine Dunne. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- ^ a b Campbell, Brian (14 April 2016). "Dublin writer Catherine Dunne harks back to Greek myth for 10th novel The Years That Followed". The Irish News. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
- ^ "In the Beginning". Publishers Weekly. 3 March 1997. Retrieved 16 July 2016.