Gerard Donovan (born 1959), is an Irish-born novelist, photographer and poet living in Plymouth, England, working as a lecturer at the University of Plymouth.
Gerard Donovan | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1959[1] Wexford[2] |
| Occupation | Lecturer at University of Plymouth |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Period | 1992 - |
| Notable works | Schopenhauer's Telescope |
Career
editDonovan attracted immediate critical acclaim with his debut novel Schopenhauer's Telescope, which was long-listed for the Booker Prize in 2003,[3] and which won the Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award in 2004.[4] His subsequent novels include Doctor Salt (2005), Julius Winsome (2006), and Sunless (2007). However, Sunless is essentially a rewritten version of Doctor Salt—ultimately very different from the earlier novel, but built upon the same basic narrative elements—of which Donovan has said: "Doctor Salt... was a first draft of Sunless. I wrote [Doctor Salt] too fast, and the sense I was after just wasn't in the novel. ... I saw the chance to write the real novel, if you like, [when Doctor Salt was due to be published in the United States in 2007] and this I hope I've done in Sunless."[5]
Before writing prose, Donovan published three collections of poetry: Columbus Rides Again (1992), Kings and Bicycles (1995), and The Lighthouse (2000).[6] His next publication was Young Irelanders (2008) - a collection of short stories set in Ireland. He was said to be working on a novel set in early twentieth-century Europe.[7]
References
edit- ^ Ricorso.net
- ^ Book Depository Interview
- ^ The Booker Prize Foundation. The Man Booker Prize Official Website: 2003.
- ^ Library Thing Website
- ^ Donovan, Gerard. Interview by Jane Ciabattari. Critical Mass: 7 August 2007.
- ^ Gerard Donovan: Author Profile. Fantastic Fiction: 2007.
- ^ Donovan, Gerard. Interview by Mark Thwaite. The Book Depository: 2007.