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Sally Rooney is an Irish novelist, writer, and film producer born on 20 February 1991 in Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland. She holds citizenship in the Republic of Ireland and works in Dublin. Rooney was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and writes in English. Her field of work is Irish literature, and she has produced five works according to Crossref data, with Open Library listing fourteen works.
Her notable works include *Conversations with Friends*, *Normal People*, and *Intermezzo*. She has been nominated for the Booker Prize and received the Time 100 award. The TMDb database lists her department as Writing.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 20 February 1991
- Works
- 14
Top works
- Normal People
- אנשים נורמלים
- שיחות עם חברים
- Intermezzo
- Normal People, the scripts
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland
Sally Rooney is an Irish author and screenwriter. She has published four novels: 'Conversations with Friends', 'Normal People', 'Beautiful World, Where Are You', and 'Intermezzo' . Both 'Normal People' and 'Conversations with Friends' were adapted into television series by Hulu and the BBC.
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1991-02-20 ) 20 February 1991 (age 35) , Castlebar , County Mayo , Ireland
- Occupation
- Author screenwriter
- Language
- English
- Nationality
- Irish
- Education
- Trinity College Dublin (B.A., 2013; M.Phil)
- Period
- Modern
- Genre
- Literary fiction , psychological fiction
- Years active
- 2017–present
- Notable works
- Conversations with Friends (2017), Normal People (2018) , Beautiful World, Where Are You (2021) , Intermezzo (2024)
- Notable awards
- Costa Book Awards (2018) , Irish Book Awards (2018) Encore Award (2019)
- Spouse
- John Prasifka (m. 2020)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Sally
- Family name
- Rooney
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Republic of Ireland
- Place of birth
- Castlebar
- Educated at
- Trinity College, Dublin
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Award
- Time 100
- Notable work
- Intermezzo
- Field of work
- Irish literature
- Image
- Sally Rooney.png
- Work location
- Dublin
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- date of birth
- 1991-02-20
- writing language
- English language
- Commons category
- Sally Rooney
- nominated for
- Booker Prize
- name in native language
- Sally Rooney
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Encyclopedic overview
Sally Rooney (born 20 February 1991) is an Irish author. She is the author of the novels Conversations with Friends (2017), Normal People (2018), Beautiful World, Where Are You (2021), and Intermezzo (2024). The first two works were adapted into the television miniseries Normal People (2020) and Conversations with Friends (2022). Her bestselling novels have sold more than 6 million copies worldwide, have been translated into over 47 languages, and have garnered critical acclaim and commercial success. Literary commentators regard Rooney as one of the foremost millennial writers, and in 2022, Time named her among the 100 most influential people in the world.
Rooney is generally considered a leading literary voice representing the concerns of contemporary Irish youth. Her novels have become bestsellers in China and the United States. Rooney has also written several works of short fiction and poetry. For her contributions to literature, she received the Costa Book Award and the Irish Book Award in 2018, and the Encore Award in 2019.
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