Peadar Ó Guilín | |
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Born | Peadar Ó Guilín |
Occupation | Writer |
Nationality | Irish |
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Peadar Ó Guilín is an Irish novelist.
Ó Guilín grew up in County Donegal though he went to school in Clongowes Wood College in County Kildare. [1] He is now based in Dublin where he works for a computer company. [2] [3] Raised speaking Irish and English, Ó Guilín is also fluent in French, and Italian. He has written a number of stories and novels. His first novel, The Inferior, was published to critical acclaim in 2007 and translations into nine languages including Japanese and Korean. [4] [5] Before writing novels, Ó Guilín wrote a number of plays and worked on a weekly print comic with the artist Laura Howell, Sneaky, the Cleverest Elephant in the World, aimed at kids. [5] [6]
The Times Educational Supplement called his first novel "a stark, dark tale, written with great energy and confidence and some arresting reflections on human nature." [5]