Keith Ridgway
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Keith Ridgway is a Dublin-born award-winning writer. He currently lives in Edinburgh
.
In 2003 The Parts was published by Faber & Faber.
In 2006, Animals was published by 4th Estate
, London.
Goo Book was published in the April 11, 2011 issue of The New Yorker magazine. It is a short story about a pickpocket who serves as a chauffeur for a London crime boss and businessman.
Ridgway's work has been translated into several languages and has been published in France
, Spain
, Portugal
, Italy
, Germany
, Belgium
, The Netherlands and the United States
.
Etranger and the Prix Premier Roman in Paris
in 2001. Ridgway was awarded The Rooney Prize For Irish Literature
in 2001.
Edinburgh
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Writings
Ridgway's first published fictional prose work was Horses, which appeared in Faber First Fictions Volume 13 in 1997. In 1998 The Long Falling, was published by Faber & Faber, London. A collection of short fiction, Standard Time, followed in 2000, also from Faber & Faber.In 2003 The Parts was published by Faber & Faber.
In 2006, Animals was published by 4th Estate
HarperCollins
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, London.
Goo Book was published in the April 11, 2011 issue of The New Yorker magazine. It is a short story about a pickpocket who serves as a chauffeur for a London crime boss and businessman.
Ridgway's work has been translated into several languages and has been published in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, Spain
Spain
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, Portugal
Portugal
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, Italy
Italy
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, Germany
Germany
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, Belgium
Belgium
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, The Netherlands and the United States
United States
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Awards
The Long Falling, under its French title of Mauvaise Pente, was awarded both the Prix FeminaPrix Femina
The Prix Femina is a French literary prize created in 1904 by 22 writers for the magazine La Vie heureuse . The prize is decided each year by an exclusively female jury, although the authors of the winning works do not have to be women...
Etranger and the Prix Premier Roman in Paris
Paris
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in 2001. Ridgway was awarded The Rooney Prize For Irish Literature
Rooney Prize for Irish Literature
The Rooney Prize for Irish Literature was created in 1976 by the notable Irish American businessman, Dr Dan Rooney, owner and chairman of the NFL franchise, Pittsburgh Steelers....
in 2001.