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Donal Ryan

Donal Ryan
Donal Ryan is a novelist and short story-writer from Nenagh, Co. Tipperary. He has won several national and international awards for his fiction, and has twice been nominated for the Booker Prize. His work has been adapted for stage and screen and translated into over twenty languages. Donal is a lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Limerick, where he lives with his wife Anne Marie and their two children. The Queen of Dirt Island, his seventh book, was an instant number one bestseller in Ireland. His novel Heart, Be At Peace is out now.


Donal Ryan on Embracing the Evolution of Language While Preserving Its Essence

"There should always be a hint of beauty in its use, even in the mundane and numberless everyday exchanges that fill our existence."
May 21, 2025  By Donal Ryan
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Donal Ryan on Mourning the Death of an Unpublishable Novel

“This was my art but it really only benefited me, and I couldn’t expect anyone to invest in it or to pay for it.”
February 28, 2023  By Donal Ryan
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I Come From Generations of People Who Worry

The One Time Donal Ryan Stopped Worrying, He Got Worried
July 6, 2017  By Donal Ryan
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