Michael Collins (Irish author)
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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
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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
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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
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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[2]
- Emerald Underground, 1998
- 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, 2021
References
- ^ 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.
External links
- Michael Collins official website
- Profile, runnersworld.com
