“There isn't any distinction between a reader and a writer – reading is so much a part of it.”
Small talk: Dermot Healy, 2011
Dermot Healy was an Irish novelist, playwright, poet and short story writer. A member of Aosdána, Healy was also part of its governing body, the Toscaireacht. Born in Finea, County Westmeath, he lived in County Sligo, and was described variously as a "master", a "Celtic Hemingway" and as "Ireland's finest living novelist".Often overlooked outside Ireland due to his relatively low public profile, Healy's work is admired by his Irish literary predecessors, peers and successors alike, many of whom idolise him—among the writers to have spoken highly of him are Seamus Heaney, Eugene McCabe, Roddy Doyle, Patrick McCabe and Anne Enright.Throughout his career left out of the running for literature's bigger mainstream awards , Healy won the Hennessy Award , the Tom Gallon Award , and the Encore Award . In 2011, he was shortlisted for the Poetry Now Award for his 2010 poetry collection, A Fool's Errand. Long Time, No See was nominated for the International Dublin Literary Award, the world's most valuable literary award for a single work in the English language, by libraries in Russia and Norway. Wikipedia
“There isn't any distinction between a reader and a writer – reading is so much a part of it.”
Small talk: Dermot Healy, 2011
“The Bible has entered much of my work as have Latin and Greek mythology and verse.”
Penguin Group (2013) A Conversation with Dermot Healy http://www.us.penguingroup.com/static/rguides/us/long_time_no_see.html, Penguin US, accessed May 5, 2013
Sean O'Hagan (2011) Dermot Healy: 'I try to stay out of it and let the reader take over http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/apr/03/dermot-healy-interview-long-time, The Observer (3 April 2011)
“I often find poems hand written in old abandoned notebooks.”
Penguin Group (2013) A Conversation with Dermot Healy http://www.us.penguingroup.com/static/rguides/us/long_time_no_see.html, Penguin US, accessed May 5, 2013
John O'Mahony (2000). Let the west of the world go by http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2000/jun/03/fiction.johnomahony, The Guardian (3 June 2000)
John O'Mahony (2000). Let the west of the world go by http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2000/jun/03/fiction.johnomahony, The Guardian (3 June 2000)
“I'm no good at dinner parties. I feel very uneasy at them.”
Small talk: Dermot Healy, 2011