Roddy Doyle
Roddy Doyle
(born
May
1958
in
Dublin
) is an
Irish
novelist
,
dramatist
and
screenwriter
. Several of his books have been made into successful
films
, beginning with
The Commitments
in
1991
. Doyle grew up in
Kilbarrack
,
County Dublin
. He spent several years as an
English
teacher before becomming a full-time writer.
Awards and recognition
Doyle's novel,
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
won the
Booker Prize
in 1993.
Bibliography
Novels
The Commitments
(1987, film 1991)
The Snapper
(1990)
The Van
(1991)
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
(winner of the
Booker Prize
, 1993)
The Woman Who Walked Into Doors
(1997) — a story of a battered wife, narrated by the victim; despite her husband's increasingly violent behaviour, she defends him, using the classic excuse "I walked into a door" to explain her bruises.
A Star Called Henry
(1999)
Oh, Play That Thing
(2004)
Theatre
Brown Bread
(1987)
War
(1989)
External links
Author page at Irish Writers Online
Author page at Random House
Doyle, Roddy Doyle, Roddy Doyle, Roddy
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