Irish literary award for Irish authors of under 40 years
The Rooney Prize for Irish Literature was created in 1976 by the Irish American businessman Dan Rooney , owner and chairman of the NFL Pittsburgh Steelers franchise and former US Ambassador to Ireland .[ 1] The prize is awarded to Irish writers aged under 40 who are published in Irish or English. Although often associated with individual books, it is intended to reward a body of work. Originally worth £750,[ 2] the current value of the prize is €10,000.[ 3]
1976: Heno Magee [ 2]
1977: Desmond Hogan [ 4] [ 5] [ 1]
1978: Peter Sheridan [ 6]
1979: Kate Cruise O'Brien , A Gift Horse (short stories)[ 7]
1980: Bernard Farrell [ 8]
1981: Neil Jordan [ 9]
1982: Medbh McGuckian ; Special prize awarded to Seán Ó Tuama and Thomas Kinsella for An Duanaire / Poems of the Dispossessed [ 10]
1983: Dorothy Nelson, In Night's City (novel)[ 11]
1984: Ronan Sheehan [ 12]
1985: Frank McGuinness , Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme (play)[ 13]
1986: Paul Mercier [ 14]
1987: Deirdre Madden , Hidden Symptoms (novel)[ 15]
1988: Glenn Patterson , Burning Your Own (novel)[ 16]
1989: Robert McLiam Wilson , Ripley Bogle (novel)[ 17]
1990: Mary Dorcey , A Noise from the Woodshed (short stories)
1991: Anne Enright , The Portable Virgin (short stories)[ 18]
1992: Hugo Hamilton [ 19]
1993: Gerard Fanning (poet)[ 20]
1994: Colum McCann , Fishing the Sloe-Black River (short stories)[ 21]
1995: Philip MacCann , The Miracle Shed (short stories)[ 22]
1996: Mike McCormack , Getting It in the Head (short stories); additional Special Award presented to Vona Groarke and Conor O'Callaghan [ 23]
1997: Anne Haverty , One Day as a Tiger (novel)[ 24]
1998: David Wheatley , Thirst (poems)[ 25]
1999: Mark O'Rowe , Howie the Rookie (play)[ 26]
2000: Claire Keegan , Antarctica (short stories), Special award presented to David Marcus .[ 27]
2001: Keith Ridgway , Standard Time (short stories)[ 28]
2002: Caitríona O’Reilly , The Nowhere Birds (poems)[ 29] [ 30]
2003: Eugene O'Brien , Eden (play)[ 31]
2004: Claire Kilroy , All Summer (novel)[ 32]
2005: Nick Laird , To a Fault (poems)[ 33]
2006: Philip Ó Ceallaigh , Notes from a Turkish Whorehouse (short stories)[ 34]
2007: Kevin Barry , There Are Little Kingdoms (short stories) [1] [2] [ 35]
2008: Leontia Flynn , Drives (poems)[ 3]
2009: Kevin Power , Bad Day in Blackrock [ 36]
2010: Leanne O'Sullivan , Cailleach: The Hag Of Beara [ 37]
2011: Lucy Caldwell [ 38]
2012: Nancy Harris [ 39]
2013: Ciarán Collins
2014: Colin Barrett
2015: Sara Baume
2016: Doireann Ní Ghríofa [ 40]
2017: Elizabeth Reapy
2018: Caitriona Lally [ 41]
2019: Mark O'Connell [ 42]
2020: Stephen Sexton, If All the World and Love Were Young [ 43]
2021: Niamh Campbell , This Happy [ 44]
2022: Seán Hewitt [ 45]
2023: Michael Magee , Close to Home [ 46]
2024: Suad Aldarra , I Don't Want to Talk About Home [ 47]
^ a b McDonough, Tim (2 January 1981). "Irish Tales Have Rooney Angle" . Pittsburgh Press . Daniel Rooney, whose correct middle initial, by the way, is M, confirmed that his family annually awards a prize of $2,000 to an Irish writer. The Rooney Prize for Irish Literature, he explained, has been given for the last seven years to a native of Ireland who must be under 40 years old and writing in either English or Irish.
^ a b "An Irishman's Diary", The Irish Times , 7 May 1976.
^ a b Caroline Walsh, "Loose Leaves", The Irish Times , 21 June 2008.
^ James McElroy, Ireland: A Traveler's Literary Companion , (Whereabouts Press, 2007), page 147.
^ "The Hogan File", The Irish Times , 2 April 2005.
^ "Judges shortlist 16 authors", The Irish Times , 4 September 1999 (NB article dates the prize as 1977 but other sources confirm Hogan as 1977 winner)
^ "Writer and editor Kate Cruise O'Brien dies in Dublin aged 49", The Irish Times , 27 March 1997
^ Mary O'Donnell , "A scathing scourge of suburbia", The Irish Times , 1 February 1992
^ "Neil Jordan Gets Rooney Prize", The Irish Times , 7 October 1981
^ "Poet wins £1,000 Rooney Prize", The Irish Times , 17 September 1982
^ "Irish Literature Prize Awarded", The Irish Times , 30 August 1983
^ Caroline Walsh, "Rooney writing prize awarded", The Irish Times 25 October 1984
^ Elgy Gillespie , "Literature prize for Buncrana writer", The Irish Times , 14 June 1985
^ David Nowlan, "Playwright wins £2,500 award", The Irish Times , 13 June 1986
^ Mary Leland, "No Cheap Thrills", The Irish Times , 20 February 1988
^ John Kenny, "Building the structure", The Irish Times , 5 April 2003.
^ "Judges shortlist 11 authors", The Irish Times , 2 September 1997
^ "The Irish Times / ESB Theatre Awards: The Judges", The Irish Times , 8 February 1999
^ "Dublin writer receives award", The Irish Times , 16 June 1992
^ "Dublin poet wins Rooney Prize", The Irish Times , 17 June 1993
^ "McCann wins Rooney Prize", The Irish Times , 18 June 1994
^ Robert O'Byrne, "With a swansong in her Hart", The Irish Times , 17 June 1995
^ "Special award presented to two poets", The Irish Times , 6 February 1996
^ "Haverty wins literature award", The Irish Times , 14 June 1997
^ "Rooney Winner", The Irish Times , 4 June 1998
^ "Mark of success", The Irish Times , 10 June 1999.
^ "New man in Galway", The Irish Times , 10 June 2000
^ "Loose leaves", The Irish Times , 9 June 2001
^ "Poem of the week", Guardian , 21 April 2008
^ Fiona Smith, "Stacking myths, making meaning", The Irish Times , 20 May 2006
^ "O'Brien captures the Rooney", The Irish Times , 10 May 2003
^ "Kilroy wins Rooney", The Irish Times , 12 June 2004
^ "Laird wins Rooney Prize", The Irish Times , 4 June 2005
^ "Ó Ceallaigh wins Rooney", The Irish Times , 17 June 2006
^ Caroline Walsh, "Loose Leaves", The Irish Times , 10 October 2007
^ "Novelist Kevin Power is awarded the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature 2009" . Trinity College, Dublin . 8 October 2009.[permanent dead link ]
^ "Cork poet O'Sullivan wins Rooney prize" . The Irish Times . 10 October 2010.
^ "Novelist and Dramatist Lucy Caldwell Awarded Rooney Prize 2011" . Trinity College, Dublin. 26 October 2011. Archived from the original on 19 January 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2012 .
^ "Dramatist Harris wins Rooney Prize" . The Irish Times . 10 October 2012.
^ "Poet Doireann Ní Ghríofa awarded €10,000 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature 2016" . The Irish Times . 5 September 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016 .
^ "A Dublin janitor wins the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature from the university she cleans" . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Retrieved 12 October 2018 .
^ "Author Mark O'Connell awarded €10,000 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature 2019" . The Irish Times .
^ "Stephen Sexton awarded Rooney Prize for Irish Literature 2020" . 26 November 2020.
^ Doyle, Martin. "Niamh Campbell awarded 2021 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature" . The Irish Times . Retrieved 6 October 2021 .
^ Doyle, Martin. "Seán Hewitt awarded 2022 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature" . The Irish Times . Retrieved 28 October 2022 .
^ "2023 winner" . Rooney Prize for Irish Literature . Retrieved 15 March 2024 .
^ "Suad Aldarra awarded Rooney Prize for Irish Literature" . Irish Times . Retrieved 5 November 2024 .