Colm Tóibín
Colm Tóibín (born 1955) is an Irish poet, novelist and journalist.
Also recorded as Colm Toibin.
Overview
Born at Enniscorthy in 1955.
In detail
Colm Tóibín studied at University College Dublin and St Peter's College, Wexford. the recorded working language is English.
The field of work recorded is journalism, essay and drama. Frank O'Connor, Henry James and Ernest Hemingway are recorded as an influence.
Residence is recorded at County Wexford. Positions recorded include Chancellor of the University of Liverpool. Membership is recorded of Aosdána, American Academy of Arts and Sciences and Royal Society of Literature.
Works named in the authority record are The Heather Blazing, The Story of the Night, The Blackwater Lightship, The Master, Brooklyn and The Empty Family.
Work by Colm Tóibín is recorded in the collections of Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Distinctions recorded are Costa Book Awards, Lambda Literary Award, Irish PEN Award and E. M. Forster Award.
Sources
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“Colm Tóibín”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q470758: Colm Tóibín
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