Rooney Prize for Irish Literature
The Rooney Prize for Irish Literature was created in 1976 by the Irish American businessman
US Ambassador to Ireland.[1] The prize is awarded to Irish writers aged under 40 who are published in Irish or English. Although often associated with individual books, it is intended to reward a body of work. Originally worth £750,[2] the current value of the prize is €10,000.[3]
List of recipients
- 1976: Heno Magee[2]
- 1977: Desmond Hogan[4][5][1]
- 1978: Peter Sheridan[6]
- 1979: Kate Cruise O'Brien, A Gift Horse (short stories)[7]
- 1980: Bernard Farrell[8]
- 1981: Neil Jordan[9]
- 1982: Medbh McGuckian; Special prize awarded to Seán Ó Tuama and Thomas Kinsella for An Duanaire / Poems of the Dispossessed[10]
- 1983: Dorothy Nelson, In Night's City (novel)[11]
- 1984: Ronan Sheehan[12]
- 1985: Frank McGuinness, Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme (play)[13]
- 1986: Paul Mercier[14]
- 1987: Deirdre Madden, Hidden Symptoms (novel)[15]
- 1988: Glenn Patterson, Burning Your Own (novel)[16]
- 1989: Robert McLiam Wilson, Ripley Bogle (novel)[17]
- 1990: Mary Dorcey, A Noise from the Woodshed (short stories)
- 1991: Anne Enright, The Portable Virgin (short stories)[18]
- 1992: Hugo Hamilton[19]
- 1993: Gerard Fanning (poet)[20]
- 1994: Colum McCann, Fishing the Sloe-Black River (short stories)[21]
- 1995: Philip MacCann, The Miracle Shed (short stories)[22]
- 1996: Mike McCormack, Getting It in the Head (short stories); additional Special Award presented to Vona Groarke and Conor O'Callaghan[23]
- 1997: Anne Haverty, One Day as a Tiger (novel)[24]
- 1998: David Wheatley, Thirst (poems)[25]
- 1999: Mark O'Rowe, Howie the Rookie (play)[26]
- 2000: Claire Keegan, Antarctica (short stories), Special award presented to David Marcus.[27]
- 2001: Keith Ridgway, Standard Time (short stories)[28]
- 2002:
- 2003: Eugene O'Brien, Eden (play)[31]
- 2004: Claire Kilroy, All Summer (novel)[32]
- 2005: Nick Laird, To a Fault (poems)[33]
- 2006: Philip Ó Ceallaigh, Notes from a Turkish Whorehouse (short stories)[34]
- 2007:
- 2008: Leontia Flynn, Drives (poems)[3]
- 2009: Kevin Power, Bad Day in Blackrock[36]
- 2010: Leanne O'Sullivan, Cailleach: The Hag Of Beara[37]
- 2011: Lucy Caldwell[38]
- 2012: Nancy Harris[39]
- 2013: Ciarán Collins
- 2014: Colin Barrett
- 2015: Sara Baume
- 2016: Doireann Ní Ghríofa[40]
- 2017: Elizabeth Reapy
- 2018: Caitriona Lally[41]
- 2019: Mark O'Connell[42]
- 2020: Stephen Sexton, If All the World and Love Were Young[43]
- 2021: Niamh Campbell, This Happy[44]
- 2022: Seán Hewitt[45]
- 2023: Michael Magee, Close to Home[46]
References and footnotes
- ^ a b McDonough, Tim (2 January 1981). "Irish Tales Have Rooney Angle". Pittsburgh Press.
Daniel Rooney, whose correct middle initial, by the way, is M, confirmed that his family annually awards a prize of $2,000 to an Irish writer. The Rooney Prize for Irish Literature, he explained, has been given for the last seven years to a native of Ireland who must be under 40 years old and writing in either English or Irish.
- ^ a b "An Irishman's Diary", The Irish Times, 7 May 1976.
- ^ a b Caroline Walsh, "Loose Leaves", The Irish Times, 21 June 2008.
- ^ James McElroy, Ireland: A Traveler's Literary Companion, (Whereabouts Press, 2007), page 147.
- ^ "The Hogan File", The Irish Times, 2 April 2005.
- ^ "Judges shortlist 16 authors", The Irish Times, 4 September 1999 (NB article dates the prize as 1977 but other sources confirm Hogan as 1977 winner)
- ^ "Writer and editor Kate Cruise O'Brien dies in Dublin aged 49", The Irish Times, 27 March 1997
- ^ Mary O'Donnell, "A scathing scourge of suburbia", The Irish Times, 1 February 1992
- ^ "Neil Jordan Gets Rooney Prize", The Irish Times, 7 October 1981
- ^ "Poet wins £1,000 Rooney Prize", The Irish Times, 17 September 1982
- ^ "Irish Literature Prize Awarded", The Irish Times, 30 August 1983
- ^ Caroline Walsh, "Rooney writing prize awarded", The Irish Times 25 October 1984
- ^ Elgy Gillespie, "Literature prize for Buncrana writer", The Irish Times, 14 June 1985
- ^ David Nowlan, "Playwright wins £2,500 award", The Irish Times, 13 June 1986
- ^ Mary Leland, "No Cheap Thrills", The Irish Times, 20 February 1988
- ^ John Kenny, "Building the structure", The Irish Times, 5 April 2003.
- ^ "Judges shortlist 11 authors", The Irish Times, 2 September 1997
- ^ "The Irish Times / ESB Theatre Awards: The Judges", The Irish Times, 8 February 1999
- ^ "Dublin writer receives award", The Irish Times, 16 June 1992
- ^ "Dublin poet wins Rooney Prize", The Irish Times, 17 June 1993
- ^ "McCann wins Rooney Prize", The Irish Times, 18 June 1994
- ^ Robert O'Byrne, "With a swansong in her Hart", The Irish Times, 17 June 1995
- ^ "Special award presented to two poets", The Irish Times, 6 February 1996
- ^ "Haverty wins literature award", The Irish Times, 14 June 1997
- ^ "Rooney Winner", The Irish Times, 4 June 1998
- ^ "Mark of success", The Irish Times, 10 June 1999.
- ^ "New man in Galway", The Irish Times, 10 June 2000
- ^ "Loose leaves", The Irish Times, 9 June 2001
- ^ "Poem of the week", Guardian, 21 April 2008
- ^ Fiona Smith, "Stacking myths, making meaning", The Irish Times, 20 May 2006
- ^ "O'Brien captures the Rooney", The Irish Times, 10 May 2003
- ^ "Kilroy wins Rooney", The Irish Times, 12 June 2004
- ^ "Laird wins Rooney Prize", The Irish Times, 4 June 2005
- ^ "Ó Ceallaigh wins Rooney", The Irish Times, 17 June 2006
- ^ Caroline Walsh, "Loose Leaves", The Irish Times, 10 October 2007
- Trinity College, Dublin. 8 October 2009.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Cork poet O'Sullivan wins Rooney prize". The Irish Times. 10 October 2010.
- ^ "Novelist and Dramatist Lucy Caldwell Awarded Rooney Prize 2011". Trinity College, Dublin. 26 October 2011. Archived from the original on 19 January 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
- ^ "Dramatist Harris wins Rooney Prize". The Irish Times. 10 October 2012.
- ^ "Poet Doireann Ní Ghríofa awarded €10,000 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature 2016". The Irish Times. 5 September 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
- ^ "A Dublin janitor wins the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature from the university she cleans". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
- ^ "Author Mark O'Connell awarded €10,000 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature 2019". The Irish Times.
- ^ "Stephen Sexton awarded Rooney Prize for Irish Literature 2020". 26 November 2020.
- ^ Doyle, Martin. "Niamh Campbell awarded 2021 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature". The Irish Times. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ^ Doyle, Martin. "Seán Hewitt awarded 2022 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature". The Irish Times. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
- ^ "2023 winner". Rooney Prize for Irish Literature. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
