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Billy O'Callaghan is an Irish short story writer, born in Douglas, Cork. |
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| occupation = Short fiction writer |
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| nationality = Ireland |
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| period = 1999–present |
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| movement = [[irish short story|Irish Short Story]] |
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| notableworks = ''The Things We Lose, The Things We Leave Behind'' |
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| website = [http://www.billyocallaghan.co.uk/] |
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'''Billy O'Callaghan''' (born December 9, 1974) is an Irish short fiction writer. His short-story collection ''The Things We Lose, The Things We Leave Behind'' was awarded the [[irish book awards|Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Award]] for the short story in 2013.<ref> |
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==Early life== |
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Billy O'Callaghan was born in [[cork, ireland|Cork]] in 1974, and grew up in [[douglas, county cork|Douglas village]], where he still lives. His first collection of short stories, In Exile, was published by [[Mercier Press]] in 2008.<ref> |
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|postscript = <!--None-->}} This was followed a year later by a second collection, In Too Deep (also published by Mercier Press).<ref> |
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|title = Billy O'Callaghan, Mercier Press |
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|title = The Stinging Fly |
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|accessdate = }}</ref> Then, in 2013, his third collection, The Things We Lose, The Things We Leave Behind, was published by New Island Books. It earned him a 2013 Bord Gais Energy Irish Book Award.<ref> |
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==Literary career== |
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O'Callaghan's short stories have been published in: Absinthe: New European Writing, [[alfred hitchcock's mystery magazine|Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine]], the [[Bellevue Literary Review]], Bliza, [[confrontation (journal)|Confrontation]], [[the fiddlehead (magazine)|The Fiddlehead]], [[Hayden’s Ferry Review]], the [[Kyoto Journal]], the [[los angeles review of books|Los Angeles Review]], [[Narrative Magazine]], [[the Southeast Review]], Southword, [[Underground Voices]], [[versal literary journal|Versal]], and Yuan Yang: a Journal of Hong Kong and International Writing, and many other literary journals and magazines around the world. His stories have also been translated into Polish and Turkish, and have been broadcast on RTE Radio One's The Book On One, Sunday Miscellany and the Francis McManus Awards series. |
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O'Callaghan compiled a non-fiction book, Learning from the Greats: Lessons on Writing, from the Great Writers, which was published in 2014 by Cork City Libraries as part of their Occasional Series. He also regularly reviews books for the Irish Examiner. |
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==Awards and honors== |
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In November 2013, the title story of O'Callaghan's most recent collection, 'The Things We Lose, |
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The Things We Leave Behind' won the inaugural Short Story of the Year Award at the 2013 Bord |
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Gais Energy Irish Book Awards. |
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Listed among his other honours are The Molly Keane Creative Writing Award, the George A. |
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Birmingham Award, and Bursaries for Literature from the Arts Council of Ireland and the Cork |
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County Council. He has also been shortlisted for many other awards both in Ireland and abroad, |
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including the Sean O'Faolain Award, the Glimmer Train Prize, the Faulkner-Wisdom Prize and – on |
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four occasions – the RTE/P.J. O'Connor Radio Drama Award. In addition, one of his stories was |
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selected, in 2014, as Ireland's representative in the ongoing Unesco Cities of Literature project. |
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“I know of no writer on either side of the Atlantic who is better at exploring the human spirit under |
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assault than Billy O’Callaghan. The stories in The Things We Lose, the Things We Leave Behind are |
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at once harrowing and uplifting, achingly sad and surpassingly beautiful. O’Callaghan is a treasure |
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of the English language.” – Robert Olen Butler, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning A Good Scent |
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from a Strange Mountain |
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“The elegant force of Billy O’Callaghan’s prose is immediate and impossible to recover from. He is |
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one of Ireland’s finest short story writers.” – Simon Van Booy, Frank O’Connor Award-winning |
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author of Love Begins in Winter |
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==Bibliography== |
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===Short story collections=== |
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*''In Exile'' (2008) |
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*''In Too Deep'' (2009) |
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*''The Things We Lose, The Things We Leave Behind'' (2013) |
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===Non-fiction=== |
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===Other publications=== |
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==See also== |
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==References== |
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==External links== |
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*{{Official website|http://www.billyocallaghan.co.uk/ }} |
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Revision as of 19:51, 4 June 2015
Billy O'Callaghan is an Irish short story writer, born in Douglas, Cork.
Billy O'Callaghan | |
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| Born | December 9, 1974 Cork, Ireland |
| Occupation | Short fiction writer |
| Nationality | Ireland |
| Period | 1999–present |
| Literary movement | Irish Short Story |
| Notable works | The Things We Lose, The Things We Leave Behind |
| Website | |
| [1] | |
Billy O'Callaghan (born December 9, 1974) is an Irish short fiction writer. His short-story collection The Things We Lose, The Things We Leave Behind was awarded the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Award for the short story in 2013.[1]
Early life
Billy O'Callaghan was born in Cork in 1974, and grew up in Douglas village, where he still lives. His first collection of short stories, In Exile, was published by Mercier Press in 2008.Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page). [2] Then, in 2013, his third collection, The Things We Lose, The Things We Leave Behind, was published by New Island Books. It earned him a 2013 Bord Gais Energy Irish Book Award.[3]
Literary career
O'Callaghan's short stories have been published in: Absinthe: New European Writing, Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, the Bellevue Literary Review, Bliza, Confrontation, The Fiddlehead, Hayden’s Ferry Review, the Kyoto Journal, the Los Angeles Review, Narrative Magazine, the Southeast Review, Southword, Underground Voices, Versal, and Yuan Yang: a Journal of Hong Kong and International Writing, and many other literary journals and magazines around the world. His stories have also been translated into Polish and Turkish, and have been broadcast on RTE Radio One's The Book On One, Sunday Miscellany and the Francis McManus Awards series.
O'Callaghan compiled a non-fiction book, Learning from the Greats: Lessons on Writing, from the Great Writers, which was published in 2014 by Cork City Libraries as part of their Occasional Series. He also regularly reviews books for the Irish Examiner.
Awards and honors
In November 2013, the title story of O'Callaghan's most recent collection, 'The Things We Lose,
The Things We Leave Behind' won the inaugural Short Story of the Year Award at the 2013 Bord
Gais Energy Irish Book Awards.
Listed among his other honours are The Molly Keane Creative Writing Award, the George A.
Birmingham Award, and Bursaries for Literature from the Arts Council of Ireland and the Cork
County Council. He has also been shortlisted for many other awards both in Ireland and abroad,
including the Sean O'Faolain Award, the Glimmer Train Prize, the Faulkner-Wisdom Prize and – on
four occasions – the RTE/P.J. O'Connor Radio Drama Award. In addition, one of his stories was
selected, in 2014, as Ireland's representative in the ongoing Unesco Cities of Literature project.
“I know of no writer on either side of the Atlantic who is better at exploring the human spirit under
assault than Billy O’Callaghan. The stories in The Things We Lose, the Things We Leave Behind are
at once harrowing and uplifting, achingly sad and surpassingly beautiful. O’Callaghan is a treasure
of the English language.” – Robert Olen Butler, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning A Good Scent
from a Strange Mountain
“The elegant force of Billy O’Callaghan’s prose is immediate and impossible to recover from. He is
one of Ireland’s finest short story writers.” – Simon Van Booy, Frank O’Connor Award-winning
author of Love Begins in Winter
Bibliography
Short story collections
- In Exile (2008)
- In Too Deep (2009)
- The Things We Lose, The Things We Leave Behind (2013)
Non-fiction
Other publications
See also
References
- ^ "Writing.ie Short Story of the Year".
- ^ "The Stinging Fly".
- ^ "Inventory of the Robert Olen Butler Writings" (PDF). Florida State University Libraries.
External links
- General
- Interviews
- Reviews
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