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KEVIN BARRY

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Kevin Barry is the author of the novels "Beatlebone" and "City of Bohane" and the story collections "Dark Lies the Island" and "There Are Little Kingdoms". He has won the IMPAC Dublin City Award, the Goldsmiths Prize, the Sunday Times EFG Short Story Prize, the European Union Prize for Literature and many other awards. His stories have appeared in the New Yorker, Granta, the Stinging Fly and other journals. His work has been translated to 16 languages. His radio plays and monologues have been broadcast on RTÉ and BBC. Adaptations of his stories have been staged in Ireland and US. He also writes screenplays and essays, and he is co-editor of the journal "Winter Papers". He lives in County Sligo.

PLAYWRITING CREDITS

Play Title Playwright
Autumn Royal Kevin Barry

ADAPTATIONS

Play Title Playwright
Burn The Bad Lamp Kevin Barry Rod Goodall Kevin Barry
There Are Little Kingdoms Kevin Barry

EDUCATIONAL ADVISOR

Play Title Playwright
Hard Times Mary Elizabeth Burke-Kennedy Charles Dickens
Adapted from the original novel by Charles Dickens.