(Commander, Order of the British Empire), 1977. Litt.: Queen's University, Belfast, 1989 National University, Cork, 1990. Litt.: University of Exeter, 1984 Trinity College, Dublin, 1986 D. Awards: Transatlantic Review prize, for fiction, 1964 Hawthornden prize, for fiction, 1965 Society of Authors travelling fellowship, 1972 Allied Irish Banks prize, for fiction, 1976 Heinemann award, for fiction, 1976 Whitbread Award, 1976, 1983, Book of the Year, 1994 Irish Community prize, 1979 BAFTA award, for television play, 1983 Sunday Express Book of the Year, 1994. Career: History teacher, Armagh, Northern Ireland, 1951-53 art teacher, Rugby, England, 1953-55 sculptor in Somerset, 1955-60 advertising copywriter, Notley's, London, 1960-64. Family: Married Jane Ryan in 1952 two sons. Columba's College, Dublin, 1942-46 Trinity College, Dublin, B.A.
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