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Nick Laird

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Northern Irish novelist and poet

United Kingdom WritersBorn 1975 · age 51

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Nicholas Laird is a Northern Irish novelist and poet.

Awards 7

2016Guggenheim Fellowship

2013Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature

2008Somerset Maugham Award

2008Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize

2005Rooney Prize for Irish Literature

2004Eric Gregory Award

Commonwealth Writers' Prize

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SpouseZadie Smith

Connected to Nick 6

David MaloufAlso won Commonwealth Writers' Prize

Kevin BarryAlso won Rooney Prize for Irish Literature

Jonathan FreedlandAlso won Somerset Maugham Award

Geoffrey HillAlso won Eric Gregory Award

Ann-Marie MacDonaldAlso won Commonwealth Writers' Prize

A. N. WilsonAlso won Somerset Maugham Award

About this person

Country

United Kingdom

Category

Writers

Type

Writer / Author

Status

living

Dates

Born 1975 · age 51

Written about in

7 languages

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