Mike McCormack (Irish writer)
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Mike McCormack is an Irish
author
. He has published a collection of short stories, Getting It In The Head, and two novels - Crowe's Requiem and Notes From A Coma.
In 1996, McCormack was awarded the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature
. In 1998, 'Getting it in the Head' was voted a New York Times
Notable Book of the Year. A story from the collection, 'The Terms', was adapted into an award winning short film directed by Johnny O'Reilly.
In 2006, Notes From A Coma was shortlisted for the Irish Book of the Year Award. In 2010, John Waters
from The Irish Times
described it as 'the greatest Irish novel of the decade just ended'.
Ireland
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Author
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. He has published a collection of short stories, Getting It In The Head, and two novels - Crowe's Requiem and Notes From A Coma.
In 1996, McCormack 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 1998, 'Getting it in the Head' was voted a New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
Notable Book of the Year. A story from the collection, 'The Terms', was adapted into an award winning short film directed by Johnny O'Reilly.
In 2006, Notes From A Coma was shortlisted for the Irish Book of the Year Award. In 2010, John Waters
John Waters (columnist)
John Waters is a columnist with The Irish Times and a former editor of Magill magazine. His career began in 1981 with the Irish political-music magazine Hot Press. He went on to write for the Sunday Tribune and later edited In Dublin magazine and Magill...
from The Irish Times
The Irish Times
The Irish Times is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper launched on 29 March 1859. The editor is Kevin O'Sullivan who succeeded Geraldine Kennedy in 2011; the deputy editor is Paul O'Neill. The Irish Times is considered to be Ireland's newspaper of record, and is published every day except Sundays...
described it as 'the greatest Irish novel of the decade just ended'.
Sources
- http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2010/0115/1224262378244.html
- http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2005/0514/1115939702309.html
- http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/features/2005/0513/1115851885900.html
- http://www.galwayartscentre.ie/cuirt/video.html
- http://www.transcript-review.org/sub.cfm?lan=en&id=3607
- http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0293640/
- http://www.omgentertainment.ie/index.php/culture/31-books/301-the-ones-that-got-away-1-notes-from-a-comaby-mike-mccormack