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Northern Irish novelist and journalist (born 1964) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Robert McLiam Wilson (born Robert Wilson, 24 February 1964) [1][2] is a Northern Irish novelist.
Robert McLiam Wilson | |
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Born | Robert Wilson 24 February 1964 Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Occupation | Novelist, journalist |
Language | English |
Education | St Malachy's College; St Catharine's College, Cambridge |
Genre | Crime, Thriller, Satire |
Notable works | Ripley Bogle, Eureka Street |
Notable awards | Betty Trask Award; Rooney Prize |
He was born in the New Lodge district of Belfast and then moved to Turf Lodge and other places in the city.[3]
He attended St Malachy's College and studied English at St Catharine's College, Cambridge;[4] however, he dropped out[5][6] and, for a short time, was homeless.[6] This period of his life profoundly affected his later life and influenced his works.[5]
Wilson moved to Paris where he writes for Charlie Hebdo and Libération.[6] He also writes occasionally for The Guardian, Corriere della Sera and Le Monde.
McLiam Wilson has written three novels: Ripley Bogle (1989), Manfred's Pain (1992), Eureka Street (1996)[2]
Ripley Bogle is a novel about a homeless man in London. Eureka Street focuses on the lives of two Belfast friends, one Catholic and one Protestant, shortly before and after the IRA ceasefires in 1994. A BBC TV adaptation of Eureka Street was broadcast in 1999.[5]
He is also the author of a non-fiction book about poverty, The Dispossessed (1992),[2] and has made television documentaries for the BBC. His next novel, Extremists, has been postponed again and again.
His work has been described as 'strikingly original'[7] and as 'one of the most influential literary voices to emerge from Northern Ireland since the Troubles began [who has] has challenged the understanding of contemporary Irishness'.[8]
In 2003, he was named by Granta magazine as one of 20 "Best of Young British Novelists", despite the fact that he has not published new work in English since 1996.[2]
Ripley Bogle won the Rooney Prize and the Hughes Prize in 1989, and a Betty Trask Award and the Irish Book Award in 1990.[2]
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