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Colm Tóibín

Irland · Schriftsteller · Geboren 1955 · Alter 71

Colm Tóibín wird in 36 Sprachen etwa 705 Mal am Tag gelesen.

Ein typischer Tag, 30 Tage bis 22. Oktober 2026

Der mittlere Tag der gezählten Tage, damit eine Nachrichtenwoche ihn nicht verschieben kann. Die Linie darunter zeigt die letzten 96 Tage, ein Punkt pro Tag.

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Colm Tóibín [ˈkɔl̪ˠəmˠ t̪ˠoːˈbʲiːnʲ] (* 30. Mai 1955 in Enniscorthy, County Wexford) ist ein irischer Schriftsteller, Journalist und Literaturkritiker.

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Stationen eines Lebens

2023Bodley MedalAuszeichnung2022The Writers' PrizeAuszeichnung2018Runciman AwardAuszeichnung2017Honorary DoctorateAuszeichnung2015Hawthornden PrizeAuszeichnung2013“If a storyteller came up to me, I'd run away.”Eigene Worte19. Februar 2013Colm Tóibín, novelist - portrait of the artist, The Guardian (19 February 2013)

“Ending a novel is almost like putting a child to sleep - it can't be done abruptly.”Eigene Worte19. Februar 2013Colm Tóibín, novelist - portrait of the artist, The Guardian (19 February 2013)

2012“I have a rule that I don't drink in New York because I don't want to wake up with a hangover and not be able to work.”Eigene Worte27. Februar 2012World of Colm Tóibín, writer, The Daily Telegraph (27 February 2012)

“I was brought up in a house where there was a great deal of silence.”Eigene Worte17. Februar 2012Colm Tóibín: writers and their families, The Guardian (17 February 2012)

2011“I was the worst barman who ever lived. My pints of Guinness were unholy.”Eigene Worte17. Juni 2011The best holiday reads, The Guardian (17 June 2011)

2010Joan B. Cendrós International AwardAuszeichnung2009Costa Book AwardsAuszeichnung2007“The room is like a cave, and has books I love in it. The main door was closed up and a smaller opening was made under the stairs.”Eigene Worte13. Juli 2007Writers' rooms: Colm Tóibín, The Guardian (13 July 2007)

Fellow of the Royal Society of LiteratureAuszeichnung2006Dublin Literary AwardAuszeichnung1995E. M. Forster AwardAuszeichnung1993Encore AwardAuszeichnung1955Geboren30. Mai 1955

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In ihren eigenen Worten 10

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Colm Tóibín
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10 Aussagen, neueste zuerst
  1. A novelist could probably run a military campaign with some success. They could certainly run a country.

    19. Feb. 2013, Colm Tóibín, novelist - portrait of the artist, The Guardian (19 February 2013), Eigene Worte

  2. If a storyteller came up to me, I'd run away.

    19. Feb. 2013, Colm Tóibín, novelist - portrait of the artist, The Guardian (19 February 2013), Eigene Worte

  3. The only time I've ever learned anything from a review was when John Lanchester wrote a piece in the Guardian about my second novel, The Heather Blazing.

    19. Feb. 2013, Colm Tóibín, novelist - portrait of the artist, The Guardian (19 February 2013), Eigene Worte

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Auszeichnungen

Bodley Medal2023
The Writers' Prize2022
Runciman Award2018
Honorary Doctorate2017
Hawthornden Prize2015
Joan B. Cendrós International Award2010
Costa Book Awards2009
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature2007
Dublin Literary Award2006
E. M. Forster Award1995
Encore Award1993
Lambda Literary Award
Irish PEN Award
AWB Vincent Literary Award

Zur Person

Land
Irland
Kategorie
Schriftsteller
Art
Schriftsteller / Autor
Status
lebend
Daten
Geboren 1955 · Alter 71

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