Colm Tóibín
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1955
- Works
- 242
Top works
- Molloy
- Migdalor
- The Sun Also Rises
- L'épaisseur des âmes
- The Dead Girls
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Film & TV
Writing · Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland
Colm Tóibín (/ˈkʌləm toʊˈbiːn/ KUL-əm toh-BEEN, Irish: [ˈkɔl̪ˠəmˠ t̪ˠoːˈbʲiːnʲ]; born 30 May 1955) is an Irish novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist, critic, playwright and poet. His first novel, The South, was published in 1990. The Blackwater Lightship was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. The Master (a fictionalised version of the inner life of Henry James) was also shortlisted…
Known for
- Palabra de... — Self2026
- Jane Austen: Rise of a Genius — Self2025
- Turn Every Page - The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb — Self2022
- The Capote Tapes — Self2021
- Jack B. Yeats: The Man Who Painted Ireland — Self2021
- Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street — Self - Writer2017
- The Meaning of Life — Self2009
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 33
- Total plays
- 322
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,235x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,771x
- Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 7,671x
- Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 6,071x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 328 diseases and injuries for 195 countries, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016
· 2017 · cited 6,068x
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Key facts
- Succeeded by
- Wendy Beetlestone
- Born
- ( 1955-05-30 ) 30 May 1955 (age 71) , Enniscorthy , County Wexford , Ireland
- Alma mater
- UCD
- Occupation
- Journalist essayist novelist short story writer
- Website
- colmtoibin .com
- Language
- English ( Hiberno-English )
- Genre
- Essay, Novel, Short Story, Play, Poem
- Subject
- Irish society, living abroad, creativity, personal identity
- Notable works
- The Heather Blazing The Story of the Night The Blackwater Lightship The Master The Testament of Mary Brooklyn Nora Webster The Magician
- Notable awards
- Encore Award , 1993 , Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction , 2004 , International Dublin Literary Award , 2006 , Irish PEN Award , 2011 , Hawthornden Prize , 2015 , Lifetime Achievement Award in Irish Literature , 2019 , David Cohen Prize , 2021 , Folio Prize , 2022
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Key dates
- Born
- 30 May 1955
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Colm
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Republic of Ireland
- Place of birth
- Enniscorthy
- Occupation
- screenwriter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Award
- honorary doctorate
- Field of work
- poetry
Article
Colm Tóibín (/ˈkʌləm toʊˈbiːn/ KUL-əm toh-BEEN, Irish: [ˈkɔl̪ˠəmˠ t̪ˠoːˈbʲiːnʲ]; born 30 May 1955) is an Irish novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist, critic, playwright and poet.
His first novel, The South, was published in 1990. The Blackwater Lightship was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. The Master (a fictionalised version of the inner life of Henry James) was also shortlisted for the Booker Prize and won the 2006 International Dublin Literary Award, securing for Toíbín a bounty of thousands of euro as it is one of the richest literary awards in the world. Nora Webster won the Hawthornden Prize, whilst The Magician (a fictionalised version of the life of Thomas Mann) won the Folio Prize. His fellow artists elected him to Aosdána, and he won the biennial David Cohen Prize in 2021.
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