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Joseph O'Connor (1)

1963 -

Joseph O'Connor is one of Ireland's best-known writers. His hugely successful famine novel, Star of the Sea, the highest selling novel in the UK in 2004, won the Prix Littéraire Européan Madeleine Zepter for European Novel of the Year, as well as a number of other awards in France, Italy, Ireland and beyond. His other works of fiction include Cowboys and Indians (1991), Redemption Falls (2007) and Ghost Light (2011), based on the life of the actress Molly Allgood, and her relationship with John Millington Synge. His non-fiction works include Sweet Liberty: Travels in Irish America, The Irish Male at Home and Abroad, and The Secret World of the Irish Male. His play Red Roses and Petrol won the In Dublin Best New Irish Play award in 1995. He adapted Daphne du Maurier's novel My Cousin Rachel for the Gate Theatre in 2012 and was the writer and lyricist for Heartbeat of Home, a 2013 dance show from the producers of Riverdance. He lives in Dublin.

Creidiúintí: DRÁMADÓIR

Teideal an Dráma	Drámadóir
Dear Ireland I	Pom Boyd Stacey Gregg Thomas Kane Byrne Sinéad Burke Dermot Bolger Carys D. Coburn Meadhbh McHugh Colm Keegan (2) Phillip McMahon Darach Mac Con Iomaire Abbie Spallen Sonya Kelly Margaret Perry Michael West Shaun Dunne Joseph O'Connor (1) Manchán Magan Kit de Waal Eva O'Connor Ciara Elizabeth Smyth Carmel Winters Edna O'Brien Keith James Walker Enda Walsh Aoife Martyn Iseult Golden Arthur Riordan Mark O'Halloran Sarah Hanly Andrea Molino Una McKevitt John Connors John O'Donovan (2) Deirdre Kinahan Blindboy Boatclub Shane O'Reilly Nancy Harris Zoe Ní Riordáin Emmet Kirwan Owen McCafferty Karen Cogan Rosaleen McDonagh Frank McGuinness Jimmy Murphy David Ireland Feli Speaks Ursula Rani Sarma Jody O'Neill Gina Moxley Zhu Yi
Handel's Crossing	Joseph O'Connor (1)
Mysteries 2000	Deirdre Purcell Johnny Hanrahan Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill Joseph O'Connor (1) Pat Kinevane Gavin Kostick Michael Scott (2) Mary Elizabeth Burke-Kennedy Declan Gorman Joe O'Byrne Derek Chapman Aidan Mathews Fergus Linehan (1) Brendan Kennelly Michael McCaffery
Red Roses and Petrol	Joseph O'Connor (1)
Signatories	Emma Donoghue Marina Carr Joseph O'Connor (1) Frank McGuinness Thomas Kilroy Éilís Ní Dhuibhne Hugo Hamilton Rachel Feehily
The Weeping of Angels	Joseph O'Connor (1)
Tiny Plays for Ireland	Jesse Weaver Antonia Hart Darren Donohue Joseph O'Connor (1) Michael West Dermot Bolger Michelle Read Deirdre Kinahan Karl O'Neill Rory Nolan Ardal O'Hanlon Gerald Murphy Jody O'Neill Colin Murphy Sean McLoughlin Rosaleen McDonagh Niamh Creely Evan Lee D'Alton Rachel Feehily Mark Hennessy Adrienne Michel-Long Gregory Rosenstock Michael Cussen Ronan Geoghegan Ciara Ní Chuirc
True Believers	Joseph O'Connor (1)