| Gerard Beirne | |
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| Born | October 30, 1962 County Tipperary, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Citizenship | Irish, Canadian |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Dublin |
| Notable award(s) | Irish Writer of the Year, 1996 |
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www.gerardbeirne.com |
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Gerard Beirne is an Irish author currently living in Canada.
His novel The Eskimo in the Net was published by Marion Boyars in 2003 and was short-listed for the 2004 Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award.[1] It was selected by the Daily Express as Book of the Year.
His collection of poetry, Digging My Own Grave (published by Dedalus Press) was runner-up for the Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award. His story, "Sightings of Bono", was adapted for Irish film and featured Bono (of U2).
Beirne's CD of spoken word poetry - If it's words you're after - was released in 2006. He is a past winner of two Sunday Tribune/Hennessey Literary Awards including as New Irish Writer of the Year 1996.[2] His collaboration with classical composer Siobhán Cleary (Hum), was called "a theatrical tour de force" by The Irish Times.
Beirne was the writer in residence for the 2008-2009 academical year at the University of New Brunswick, where he currently works at the English Department.
In 2009, Oberon Press published his second novel, Turtle.