Mike
McCormack
Years: 2012
Born in 1965, Mike McCormack grew up in the West of Ireland. He has published a collection of short stories Getting it in the Head and two novels – Crowe’s Requiem and Notes from a Coma. In 1996, McCormack was awarded the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature and in 1998, Getting it in the Head was chosen as a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. Notes from a Coma (2005), was short-listed for the Irish Book of the Year Award and described in the Irish Times as ‘the greatest Irish novel of the decade just ended’. In May 2016, Dublin publisher Tramp Press published his novel Solar Bones; this went on to win the Goldsmiths Prize. The book was unusual in that it was written as a single sentence. He was elected to Aosdána in 2018. In June 2018, McCormack won the Dublin Literary Award.
Born in 1965, Mike McCormack grew up in the West of Ireland. He has published a collection of short stories Getting it in the Head and two novels – Crowe’s Requiem and Notes from a Coma. In 1996, McCormack was awarded the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature and in 1998, Getting it in the Head was chosen as a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. Notes from a Coma (2005), was short-listed for the Irish Book of the Year Award and described in the Irish Times as ‘the greatest Irish novel of the decade just ended’. In May 2016, Dublin publisher Tramp Press published his novel Solar Bones; this went on to win the Goldsmiths Prize. The book was unusual in that it was written as a single sentence. He was elected to Aosdána in 2018. In June 2018, McCormack won the Dublin Literary Award.
