Roddy Doyle
1958 – present · b. Dublin
Ireland
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Biography
Roderick Doyle is an Irish novelist, dramatist and screenwriter. He is the author of eleven novels for adults, eight books for children, seven plays and screenplays, and dozens of short stories. Several of his books have been made into films, beginning with The Commitments in 1991. Doyle's work is set primarily in Ireland, especially working-class Dublin, and is notable for its heavy use of dialogue written in slang and Irish English dialect. Doyle was awarded the Booker Prize in 1993 for his novel Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha.
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Awards
- honorary doctorate (2009)No list
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (2003)No list
- Booker Prize (1993)No list
- James Joyce AwardsNo list
- AWB Vincent Literary AwardNo list
- Irish PEN AwardNo list
Notable Works
- The Commitments
- The Van
- Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
- The Snapper
- Paula Spencer
- The Woman Who Walked into Doors
Spouse
- Belinda Mary Alden Moller
Education
- University College Dublin
