Peadar Ó Guilín

Peadar Ó Guilín
Born Peadar Ó Guilín
Occupation Writer
Nationality Irish
Website
www.peadar.org

Peadar Ó Guilín is an Irish novelist.

Life and work

Ó Guilín grew up in Donegal though he went to school in Clongowes Wood College in County Kildare.[1] He is now based in Dublin where he works for a computer company.[2][3] Raised speaking Irish and English, Ó Guilín is also fluent in French, and Italian. He has written a number of stories and novels. His first novel was published to critical acclaim in 2007 and translations into nine languages including Japanese and Korean.[4][5] Before writing novels, Ó Guilín wrote a number of plays and worked on a weekly print comic with the artist Laura Howell, Sneaky, the Cleverest Elephant in the World, aimed at kids.[5][6]

The Times Educational Supplement called his first novel "a stark, dark tale, written with great energy and confidence and some arresting reflections on human nature."[5]

Bibliography

References

  1. ↑ "PIAF 2017 Peadar O'Guilin". Retrieved November 23, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Literature Ireland". Literature Ireland. Retrieved November 22, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Peadar Ó Guilín Interviewed". Dublin city. Retrieved November 22, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Dystopian Fiction with Peadar Ó Guilín – Irish Writers Centre - Dublin, Ireland". Irish writers centre. Retrieved November 22, 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 "Strange Horizons - Serving Your Fellow Man: An Interview with Peadar O'Guilin". Retrieved November 23, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Fringe Festival Reviews". Irish times. 1 October 2003. Retrieved November 23, 2016.

Further reading

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