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'''Dermot Healy''' (born 1947) is an [[Irish people|Irish]] novelist, playwright, poet and short story writer. A member of [[Aosdána]] is Healy, and of its governing body, the [[Toscaireacht]]. Born in [[Finnea]], [[County Westmeath]], he lives in [[County Sligo]], and has been described as "Ireland's finest living novelist".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.us.penguingroup.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780670023608,00.html|title=Long Time, No See|work=Penguin US}}</ref>
'''Dermot Healy''' (born 1947) is an [[Irish people|Irish]] novelist, playwright, poet and short story writer. A member of [[Aosdána]] is Healy, and of its governing body, the [[Toscaireacht]]. Born in [[Finnea]], [[County Westmeath]], he lives in [[County Sligo]], and has been described as "Ireland's finest living novelist".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.us.penguingroup.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780670023608,00.html|title=Long Time, No See|work=Penguin US}}</ref>


Often overlooked by North American readers due to his relatively low public profile, Healy is idolised by his Irish literary predecessors, peers and successors alike, among them [[Eugene McCabe]], [[Roddy Doyle]] and [[Anne Enright]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Mark Anthony|last=Jarman|url=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/long-time-no-see-by-dermot-healy/article599376/|title=A brilliant return for Dermot Healy|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|date=8 July 2011|accessdate=8 July 2011}}</ref>
Often overlooked by North American readers due to his relatively low public profile, Healy's work is admired by his Irish literary predecessors, peers and successors alike, many of whom idolise him&mdash;among the writers to have spoken highly of him are [[Seamus Heaney]], [[Eugene McCabe]], [[Roddy Doyle]], [[Patrick McCabe (novelist)|Patrick McCabe]] and [[Anne Enright]].<ref name=i_try_to_stay_out_of_it/><ref>{{cite news|first=Mark Anthony|last=Jarman|url=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/long-time-no-see-by-dermot-healy/article599376/|title=A brilliant return for Dermot Healy|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|date=8 July 2011|accessdate=8 July 2011}}</ref>


Healy's work is influenced by an eclectic range of writers from around the world, including [[Anna Akhmatova]], [[John Arden]], [[Isaac Babel]], [[Bashō]], [[Samuel Beckett]], [[Jorge Luis Borges]], [[Angela Carter]], [[J. M. Coetzee]], [[Emily Dickinson]], [[Maria Edgeworth]], [[T. S. Eliot]], [[Hermann Hesse]], [[Nâzım Hikmet]], [[Aidan Higgins]], [[Miroslav Holub]], [[Eugène Ionesco]], [[Franz Kafka]], [[Mary Lavin]], [[Federico García Lorca]], [[Guy de Maupassant]], [[Edgar Allan Poe]], [[Sylvia Plath]], [[Ezra Pound]] and [[William Shakespeare]] and [[Robert Louis Stevenson]].<ref name=i_try_to_stay_out_of_it>{{cite news|first=Sean|last=O'Hagan|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/apr/03/dermot-healy-interview-long-time|title=Dermot Healy: 'I try to stay out of it and let the reader take over'|newspaper=The Observer|publisher=Guardian Media Group|date=3 April 2011|accessdate=3 April 2011}}</ref><ref name=a_conversation_with>{{cite news|url=http://www.us.penguingroup.com/static/rguides/us/long_time_no_see.html|title=A conversation with Dermot Healy|work=Penguin US}}</ref> He writes in a shed (though, on being a writer, has been quoted as saying "I know writing is what I do but I still don't see myself as one") and is fascinated by [[etymology]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Anna|last=Metcalfe|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/f0f534a8-7120-11e0-acf5-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2IO3lYxB3|title=Small talk: Dermot Healy|newspaper=The Financial Times|date=30 April 2011|accessdate=30 April 2011}}</ref>
Healy's work is influenced by an eclectic range of writers from around the world, including [[Anna Akhmatova]], [[John Arden]], [[Isaac Babel]], [[Bashō]], [[Samuel Beckett]], [[Jorge Luis Borges]], [[Angela Carter]], [[J. M. Coetzee]], [[Emily Dickinson]], [[Maria Edgeworth]], [[T. S. Eliot]], [[Hermann Hesse]], [[Nâzım Hikmet]], [[Aidan Higgins]], [[Miroslav Holub]], [[Eugène Ionesco]], [[Franz Kafka]], [[Mary Lavin]], [[Federico García Lorca]], [[Guy de Maupassant]], [[Edgar Allan Poe]], [[Sylvia Plath]], [[Ezra Pound]], [[William Shakespeare]] and [[Robert Louis Stevenson]].<ref name=i_try_to_stay_out_of_it>{{cite news|first=Sean|last=O'Hagan|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/apr/03/dermot-healy-interview-long-time|title=Dermot Healy: 'I try to stay out of it and let the reader take over'|newspaper=The Observer|publisher=Guardian Media Group|date=3 April 2011|accessdate=3 April 2011}}</ref><ref name=a_conversation_with>{{cite news|url=http://www.us.penguingroup.com/static/rguides/us/long_time_no_see.html|title=A conversation with Dermot Healy|work=Penguin US}}</ref> He writes in a shed (though, on being a writer, has been quoted as saying "I know writing is what I do but I still don't see myself as one") and is fascinated by [[etymology]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Anna|last=Metcalfe|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/f0f534a8-7120-11e0-acf5-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2IO3lYxB3|title=Small talk: Dermot Healy|newspaper=The Financial Times|date=30 April 2011|accessdate=30 April 2011}}</ref>


Often overlooked for the more mainstream awards throughout his career (he has been completely ignored by the [[Booker Prize]] which has instead awarded admirers such as Roddy Doyle and Anne Enright), Healy has won the [[Hennessy Award]] (1974 and 1976), the [[Tom Gallon|Tom Gallon Award]] (1983), and the [[Encore Award]] (1995). In 2011, he was shortlisted for the [[Poetry Now Award]] for his 2010 poetry collection, ''A Fool's Errand''. ''Long Time, No See'' was selected for the [[International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award|International IMPAC Literary Award]], the world's most valuable literary award for a single work in the English language, by libraries in [[Russia]] and [[Norway]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.impacdublinaward.ie/news/154-books-nominated-for-the-2013-award/|title=Nominations for the International IMPAC Literary Award}}</ref>
Often overlooked for the more mainstream awards throughout his career (he has been completely ignored by the [[Booker Prize]] which has instead awarded admirers such as Roddy Doyle and Anne Enright), Healy has won the [[Hennessy Award]] (1974 and 1976), the [[Tom Gallon|Tom Gallon Award]] (1983), and the [[Encore Award]] (1995). In 2011, he was shortlisted for the [[Poetry Now Award]] for his 2010 poetry collection, ''A Fool's Errand''. ''Long Time, No See'' was selected for the [[International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award|International IMPAC Literary Award]], the world's most valuable literary award for a single work in the English language, by libraries in [[Russia]] and [[Norway]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.impacdublinaward.ie/news/154-books-nominated-for-the-2013-award/|title=Nominations for the International IMPAC Literary Award}}</ref>
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This article is about the writer. For the former Kilkenny and Offaly manager, see Dermot Healy (hurling manager).
Dermot Healy
Born1947 (age 76–77)
Finnea, County Westmeath, Ireland
OccupationWriter
GenreNovel, Play, Poem, Short Story
Notable worksA Goat's Song,
Sudden Times,
Long Time, No See
Website
http://www.dermothealymotors.com/

Dermot Healy (born 1947) is an Irish novelist, playwright, poet and short story writer. A member of Aosdána is Healy, and of its governing body, the Toscaireacht. Born in Finnea, County Westmeath, he lives in County Sligo, and has been described as "Ireland's finest living novelist".[3]

Often overlooked by North American readers due to his relatively low public profile, Healy's work is admired by his Irish literary predecessors, peers and successors alike, many of whom idolise him—among the writers to have spoken highly of him are Seamus Heaney, Eugene McCabe, Roddy Doyle, Patrick McCabe and Anne Enright.[1][4]

Healy's work is influenced by an eclectic range of writers from around the world, including Anna Akhmatova, John Arden, Isaac Babel, Bashō, Samuel Beckett, Jorge Luis Borges, Angela Carter, J. M. Coetzee, Emily Dickinson, Maria Edgeworth, T. S. Eliot, Hermann Hesse, Nâzım Hikmet, Aidan Higgins, Miroslav Holub, Eugène Ionesco, Franz Kafka, Mary Lavin, Federico García Lorca, Guy de Maupassant, Edgar Allan Poe, Sylvia Plath, Ezra Pound, William Shakespeare and Robert Louis Stevenson.[1][2] He writes in a shed (though, on being a writer, has been quoted as saying "I know writing is what I do but I still don't see myself as one") and is fascinated by etymology.[5]

Often overlooked for the more mainstream awards throughout his career (he has been completely ignored by the Booker Prize which has instead awarded admirers such as Roddy Doyle and Anne Enright), Healy has won the Hennessy Award (1974 and 1976), the Tom Gallon Award (1983), and the Encore Award (1995). In 2011, he was shortlisted for the Poetry Now Award for his 2010 poetry collection, A Fool's Errand. Long Time, No See was selected for the International IMPAC Literary Award, the world's most valuable literary award for a single work in the English language, by libraries in Russia and Norway.[6]

List of works

Fictions

  • Banished Misfortune (London, Allison & Busby, 1984), collected short stories
  • Fighting with Shadows (London, Allison & Busby 1984)
  • A Goat's Song (London, Collins Harvill, 1994)
  • Sudden Times (London, The Harvill Press, 1999)
  • Long Time, No See (Faber and Faber, 2011)

Autobiography

  • The Bend for Home (Harvill, 1996)

Plays

  • Here and There and Going to America (1985)
  • The Long Swim (1988)
  • Curtains (1990)
  • On Broken Wings (1992)
  • Last Nights of Fun (1994)
  • Boxes (1998)
  • Mister Staines (1999)
  • Metagama (2005)
  • A night at the Disco (2006)

Poetry

  • Neighbours' Lights (1992)
  • The Ballyconnel Colours (1995)
  • What the Hammer (1998)
  • The Reed Bed (2001)
  • A Fool's Errand (The Gallery Press, 2010)

Film

References

Wikiquote has quotations related to Dermot Healy.
  1. ^ a b c O'Hagan, Sean (3 April 2011). "Dermot Healy: 'I try to stay out of it and let the reader take over'". The Observer. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
  2. ^ a b "A conversation with Dermot Healy". Penguin US.
  3. ^ "Long Time, No See". Penguin US.
  4. ^ Jarman, Mark Anthony (8 July 2011). "A brilliant return for Dermot Healy". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
  5. ^ Metcalfe, Anna (30 April 2011). "Small talk: Dermot Healy". The Financial Times. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
  6. ^ "Nominations for the International IMPAC Literary Award".

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