
Known for
Writing
Born
May 30, 1955 (age 71)
Birthplace
Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland
Colm Tóibín (/ˈkʌləm toʊˈbiːn/ KUL-əm toh-BEEN, Irish: [ˈkɔl̪ˠəmˠ t̪ˠoːˈbʲiːnʲ]; born 30 May 1955) is an Irish novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist, critic, playwright and poet.
His first novel, The South, was published in 1990. The Blackwater Lightship was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. The Master (a fictionalised version of the inner life of Henry James) was also shortlisted for the Booker Prize and won the 2006 International Dublin Literary Award, securing for Toíbín a bounty of thousands of euros, as it is one of the richest literary awards in the world. Nora Webster won the Hawthornden Prize, whilst The Magician (a fictionalised version of the life of Thomas Mann) won...
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Short Story
2026
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Writer
2025
2023
Writer
2022
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as Self, Writer
2021
as Self
2021
Writer
2017
as Self - Writer
2017
Screenplay
2016
Theatre Play
2015
Novel
2009
2004