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Colm Tóibín

1955 - Today

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Colm Tóibín ( KUL-əm toh-BEEN, Irish: [ˈkɔl̪ˠəmˠ t̪ˠoːˈbʲiːnʲ]; born 30 May 1955) is an Irish novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist, critic, playwright and poet. His first novel, The South, was published in 1990. The Blackwater Lightship was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. The Master (a fictionalised version of the inner life of Henry James) was also shortlisted for the Booker Prize and won the 2006 International Dublin Literary Award, securing for Toíbín a bounty of thousands of euro as it is one of the richest literary awards in the world. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Colm Tóibín is the 4,314th most popular writer (down from 4,296th in 2019), the 201st most popular biography from Ireland (down from 180th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Irish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Colm Tóibín ranks 4,314 out of 7,302. Before him are Yoko Tawada, Peyo Yavorov, David Almond, Vasyl Stefanyk, Olav Duun, and Camille Paglia. After him are Ana Maria Machado, Arno Holz, Zhang Jie, Margita Figuli, Gerard Manley Hopkins, and Zabel Sibil Asadour.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Colm Tóibín ranks 260. Before him are Mike Huckabee, Teo Fabi, Philip H. Dybvig, Fernando Trueba, Martin Hoffmann, and Heintje Simons. After him are Ludo Coeck, Marina Sirtis, Gale Anne Hurd, Thomas Hampson, Sergei Mavrodi, and Christopher McDonald.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Colm Tóibín ranks 201 out of 549. Before him are Tom Moore (1883), Patrick Bergin (1951), Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne (1880), Steve Barron (1956), Cecil Day-Lewis (1904), and Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh (1911). After him are Stephen Roche (1959), John Ellis (1710), Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley (1833), William Orpen (1878), Paul Kane (1810), and Richard Steele (1672).

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Among WRITERS In Ireland

Among writers born in Ireland, Colm Tóibín ranks 27. Before him are John Millington Synge (1871), Patrick Pearse (1879), Seán O'Casey (1880), Edna O'Brien (1930), Elizabeth Bowen (1899), and Cecil Day-Lewis (1904). After him are Richard Steele (1672), Brendan Behan (1923), George Moore (1852), William Trevor (1928), Jane Wilde (1821), and John Boyne (1971).

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