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Michael Collins at Toronto's Ireland Park Famine Memorial

Michael Collins (born 4 June 1964) is an Irish novelist and international ultra-distance runner. His novel The Keepers of Truth was shortlisted for the 2000 Booker Prize.^[1] He has also won the Irish Novel of the Year Award and the Lucien Barriere Literary Prize at the Deauville American Film Festival. Collins is a graduate of Oxford University.

Early life and education

Collins was born in Limerick. He earned an athletic scholarship to University of Notre Dame and received his PhD in Creative Writing from the Oxford University.^{[citation needed]}

Athletics

A former member of the Irish National Team for the 100k distance (62.2 miles),^{[citation needed]} Collins holds the Irish national masters record over the 100k distance.^{[citation needed]} As captain of the Irish National Team in 2010, he won a bronze medal at the World 100k Championships held in Gibraltar.^{[citation needed]} He has also won The 100-mile Himalayan Stage Race and The Mount Everest Challenge Marathon, along with The Last Marathon in Antarctica, and The North Pole Marathon.^{[citation needed]}

Works

The Meat Eaters (short stories, also published as The Man who Dreamt of Lobsters), 1992
The Life and Times of a Teaboy, 1993
The Feminists Go Swimming, 1994, ISBN 9781897580080^[2]
Emerald Underground, 1998
The Keepers of Truth, 2000^[3]
The Resurrectionists, 2003
Lost Souls, 2004
Death of a Writer (British title: The Secret Life of E. Robert Pendleton), 2006
Midnight in a Perfect Life (British title), 2010
The New Existence (British title: The Death of all Things Seen), 2016

Referenten

^ Moseley, Merritt (2001). "The Booker Prize for 2000". The Sewanee Review. 109 (3): 438–446. JSTOR 27549063.
^ "The Feminists Go Swimming, by Michael Collins (Phoenix, 5.99 in UK)". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. 23 August 1997. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
^ "Literature Ireland |". www.literatureireland.com. Retrieved 20 October 2024.

External links

Michael Collins official website
Profile, runnersworld.com

[1] Moseley, Merritt (2001). "The Booker Prize for 2000". The Sewanee Review. 109 (3): 438–446. JSTOR 27549063.

[2] "The Feminists Go Swimming, by Michael Collins (Phoenix, 5.99 in UK)". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. 23 August 1997. Retrieved 30 May 2022.

[3] "Literature Ireland |". www.literatureireland.com. Retrieved 20 October 2024.

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-'''Michael Collins''' (born 4 June 1964) is an Irish novelist and international [[Ultramarathon|ultra-distance]] [[Running|runner]]. His novel ''[[The Keepers of Truth]]'' was shortlisted for the 2000 [[Booker Prize]]. He has also won the Irish Novel of the Year Award  and the ''Lucien Barriere Literary Prize'' at the Deauville American Film Festival. The award honours the best American Fiction published in France. Collins is a graduate of [[Oxford University]].
+'''Michael Collins''' (born 4 June 1964) is an Irish novelist and international [[Ultramarathon|ultra-distance]] [[Running|runner]]. His novel ''[[The Keepers of Truth]]'' was shortlisted for the 2000 [[Booker Prize]].<ref>{{cite journal |last=Moseley |first=Merritt |year=2001 |title=The Booker Prize for 2000 |journal=The Sewanee Review |volume=109 |issue=3 |pages=438–446 |jstor=27549063}}</ref> He has also won the Irish Novel of the Year Award and the ''Lucien Barriere Literary Prize'' at the Deauville American Film Festival. Collins is a graduate of [[Oxford University]].
+==Early life and education==
-==Biography==
-{{BLP unsourced section|date=February 2022}}
+{{BLP unreferenced section|date=February 2022}}
-Collins was born in [[Limerick]]. He earned an athletic scholarship to [[University of Notre Dame]] and his [[PhD]] in Creative Writing from the [[Oxford University]].
+Collins was born in [[Limerick]]. He earned an athletic scholarship to [[University of Notre Dame]] and received his [[PhD]] in Creative Writing from the [[Oxford University]].{{citation needed|date=May 2022}}
+==Athletics==
-==Athletic achievements==
-{{BLP unsourced section|date=June 2015}}
+{{BLP unreferenced section|date=June 2015}}
-A former member of the Irish National Team for the 100k distance (62.2 miles, Collins holds the Irish national masters record over the 100k distance. As captain of the Irish National Team in 2010 he won a bronze medal at the World 100k Championships held in Gibraltar, and led home all Irish athletes.
+A former member of the Irish National Team for the 100k distance (62.2 miles),{{citation needed|date=May 2022}} Collins holds the Irish national masters record over the 100k distance.{{citation needed|date=May 2022}} As captain of the Irish National Team in 2010, he won a bronze medal at the World 100k Championships held in Gibraltar.{{citation needed|date=May 2022}} He has also won ''The 100-mile Himalayan Stage Race'' and ''The Mount Everest Challenge Marathon'', along with The Last Marathon in Antarctica, and The North Pole Marathon.{{citation needed|date=May 2022}}
-He has also won ''The 100-mile Himalayan Stage Race'' and also ''The Mount Everest Challenge Marathon'', along with The Last Marathon in Antarctica, and The North Pole Marathon.
-Collins won the 2019 USATF 15K National Age-Group Championships in Tulsa, OK
 ==Works==
-{{BLP unsourced section|date=February 2022}}
+{{BLP unreferenced section|date=February 2022}}
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 *''The Meat Eaters'' (short stories, also published as ''The Man who Dreamt of Lobsters''), 1992
 *''The Life and Times of a Teaboy'', 1993
+*''The Feminists Go Swimming'', 1994, {{isbn|9781897580080}}<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.irishtimes.com/news/the-feminists-go-swimming-by-michael-collins-phoenix-5-99-in-uk-1.99700 | publisher = Irish Times | website = irishtimes.com | title = The Feminists Go Swimming, by Michael Collins (Phoenix, 5.99 in UK) | date = 23 August 1997 |  accessdate = 30 May 2022}}</ref>
-*''The Feminists Go Swimming'', 1994
 *''Emerald Underground'', 1998
+*''[[The Keepers of Truth]]'', 2000<ref>{{Cite web |title=Literature Ireland {{!}} |url=https://www.literatureireland.com/author/michael-collins |access-date=2024-10-20 |website=www.literatureireland.com |language=en-GB}}</ref>
-*''[[The Keepers of Truth]]'', 2000
 *''The Resurrectionists'', 2003
 *''Lost Souls'', 2004
 *''Death of a Writer'' (British title: ''The Secret Life of E. Robert Pendleton''), 2006
 *''Midnight in a Perfect Life'' (British title), 2010
-*''The Death of all Things Seen'' (British title), 2016
+*''The New Existence (British title: The Death of all Things Seen''), 2016
+==Referenten==
+{{reflist}}
 ==External links==
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-[[Category:Irish novelists]]
 [[Category:Irish male long-distance runners]]
-[[Category:People from County Limerick]]
+[[Category:Writers from Limerick (city)]]
 [[Category:Irish ultramarathon runners]]
 [[Category:Irish male novelists]]
 [[Category:Male ultramarathon runners]]
+[[Category:Athletes from County Limerick]]
+[[Category:20th-century Irish sportsmen]]

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