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Anne Enright

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Irish writer (born 1962)

WritersBorn 1962 · age 63
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Anne Teresa Enright is an Irish writer. The first Laureate for Irish Fiction (2015-2018) and winner of the Man Booker Prize (2007), she has published eight novels, many short stories, and a non-fiction work called Making Babies: Stumbling into Motherhood, about the birth of her two children.

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I remember rocking the pram with one hand and typing with the other.

On motherhood and its effect on her writing - The Guardian

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Anne Enright
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There was a great buzz and sometimes I felt like awarding myself purple hearts for the work I was doing.

The Guardian

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Anne Enright
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It was lucky I was hanging around with theatre types who don't really have steady jobs.

The Guardian

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Awards 6

2012Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction
2010Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
2007Booker Prize
1991Rooney Prize for Irish Literature
Encore Award
AWB Vincent Literary Award

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Anne Teresa Enright is an Irish writer. The first Laureate for Irish Fiction (2015-2018) and winner of the Man Booker Prize (2007), she has published eight novels, many short stories, and a non-fiction work called Making Babies: Stumbling into Motherhood, about the birth of her two children. Her essays on literary themes have appeared in the London Review of Books and The New York Review of Books, and she writes for the books pages of The Irish Times and The Guardian. Her fiction explores themes such as family, love, identity and motherhood.

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Dates
Born 1962 · age 63
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