A Break in a Journey
Published by New Island Books 2018
The Irish writer Anne Haverty, born in Holycross Co Tipperary in 1959, is best known as a novelist and poet. Haverty was educated at Trinity College Dublin and the Sorbonne and in 1992 won a scholarship to the European Film School at Ebeltoft in Denmark.
Among Haverty’s novels, One Day As A Tiger won the Rooney Prize and was short-listed for the Whitbread (Costa). The Far Side Of A Kiss was long-listed for the Booker. A poetry collection, The Beauty Of The Moon, was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation.
Her biography of Constance Markievicz : An Independent Life was first published in 1989 and re-issued in a revised edition as Constance Markievicz : Irish Revolutionary (‘a classic in Irish biography’ - The Irish Times) in 2016
She co-directed (with Frank Stapleton) a documentary The Whole World In His Hands which won a special award at the Celtic Film Festival and has written film and radio scripts including an adaptation of The Real Charlotte. She is a frequent contributor to The Irish Times and has written for many publications including the TLS, the Daily Telegraph and the Sunday Independent.
Her work has appeared in several anthologies and has been translated into languages including German, Spanish, Portuguese and Armenian. Anne has read and lectured widely in Ireland and internationally. She was a member of the Literature Express (2000), was Visiting Professor at the Adam Mickievicz University in Poznan in 2005 and Writer In Residence at Trinity College Dublin (2007).
Among Haverty’s novels, One Day As A Tiger won the Rooney Prize and was short-listed for the Whitbread (Costa). The Far Side Of A Kiss was long-listed for the Booker. A poetry collection, The Beauty Of The Moon, was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation.
Her biography of Constance Markievicz : An Independent Life was first published in 1989 and re-issued in a revised edition as Constance Markievicz : Irish Revolutionary (‘a classic in Irish biography’ - The Irish Times) in 2016
She co-directed (with Frank Stapleton) a documentary The Whole World In His Hands which won a special award at the Celtic Film Festival and has written film and radio scripts including an adaptation of The Real Charlotte. She is a frequent contributor to The Irish Times and has written for many publications including the TLS, the Daily Telegraph and the Sunday Independent.
Her work has appeared in several anthologies and has been translated into languages including German, Spanish, Portuguese and Armenian. Anne has read and lectured widely in Ireland and internationally. She was a member of the Literature Express (2000), was Visiting Professor at the Adam Mickievicz University in Poznan in 2005 and Writer In Residence at Trinity College Dublin (2007).
One Day as a Tiger. |
One Day as a Tiger
Published in 1997 One Day as a Tiger was shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel Award that year and won the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature. |
