Dermot Healy

Dermot Healy (born 1947 in County Westmeath, Ireland) is an Irish novelist, playwright, and poet. He has won the Hennessy Award (1974 and 1976), the Tom Gallon Award (1983), and the Encore Award (1995).

Healy is a member of Aosdána, and lives in County Sligo, Ireland.

Bibliography

Fictions

Banished Misfortune (London, Allison & Busby, 1984), collected short stories
Fighting with Shadows (London, Allison & Busby 1984)
The Goat's Song (London, Collins Harvill, 1994)
Sudden Times (London, The Harvill Press, 1999)

Autobiography

The Bend for Home (Harvill, 1996)

Plays

Here and There and Going to America (1985)
The Long Swim (1988)
Curtains (1990)
On Broken Wings (1992)
Last Nights of Fun (1994)
Boxes (1998)
Mister Staines (1999)
Metagama (2005)
A night at the Disco (to be published in 2006)

Poetry

Neighbours' Lights (1992)
The Ballyconnel Colours (1995)
What the Hammer (1998)
The Reed Bed (2001).

See also

*Members of Aosdána

External links

*Aosdána webpage
*Irish Writers Online webpage