Anne Enright

Irish writer · Ireland · On the map · Writers · Born 1962 · age 64

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.

Anne Enright is read about 85 times a day, in 39 languages.

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2012Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in FictionAward2010Fellow of the Royal Society of LiteratureAward2007“There are so few people given us to love. I want to tell my daughters this, that each time you fall in love it is important, even at nineteen. Especially at nineteen.”In their wordsVeronica Hegarty in The Gathering, Enright's 2007 Novel.Read the whole statement

Booker PrizeAward1991Rooney Prize for Irish LiteratureAward1962Born11 October 1962

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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, Own words
There was a great buzz and sometimes I felt like awarding myself purple hearts for the work I was doing.
The Guardian, Own words
It was lucky I was hanging around with theatre types who don't really have steady jobs.
The Guardian, Own words

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Awards

Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction2012

Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature2010

Booker Prize2007

Rooney Prize for Irish Literature1991

Encore Award

AWB Vincent Literary Award

About this person

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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Ireland