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John Boyne

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Irish novelist

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John Boyne is an Irish male author born on April 30, 1971. His professional career began in 2000. He is associated with the genres of German audiobooks.

His published works include *The Elements*, *The Heart's Invisible Furies*, *Fire*, and *Dog Who Danced on the Moon*. Open Library records list 56 works under his name, while Crossref lists five. The author maintains an official website and has 32,011 social media followers. Additionally, Last.fm data indicates 402 listeners and a playcount of 6,978.

Synthesized by Vinony from 19 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born
1971
Works
56

Top works

  • The Elements
  • The Heart's Invisible Furies
  • Fire
  • Dog Who Danced on the Moon
  • O neno do pixama a raias (Edic. anterior)

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Ireland
Active from
1971-04-30
has german audiobooks

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
402
Total plays
6,978

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/John+Boyne">Read more on Last.fm</a>

via Last.fm · John Boyne

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple

    · 1996 · cited 204,531x

  2. Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold

    · 2021 · cited 43,586x

  3. Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology

    · 2000 · cited 36,896x

  4. Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment

    · 2007 · cited 35,562x

  5. The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)

    · 1992 · cited 29,128x

via Crossref · CC0

Key facts

Born
( 1971-04-30 ) 30 April 1971 (age 55) , Dublin , Ireland
Occupation
Author, novelist, writer
Language
English
Nationality
Irish
Education
Trinity College Dublin (B.A., 1993) University of East Anglia (M.A., 1995)
Period
Modern
Genre
Historical fiction , literary fiction
Years active
2000–present
Notable works
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2006) , The Absolutist (2011) , All the Broken Places (2022)

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

John Boyne (born 30 April 1971) is an Irish novelist and writer. He is the author of sixteen novels for adults, six novels for younger readers, two novellas, and one collection of short stories. Boyne's historical novel The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2006) received critical acclaim and was adapted into a 2008 drama film of the same name. As of 2022, the book has sold more than 11 million copies worldwide and has been translated into over 58 languages, making it one of the best-selling books of all time. A sequel, titled All the Broken Places, was published in 2022.

Biography

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