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Gerard Beirne is an Irish author currently living in Canada. Beirne was the writer in residence for the 2008-2009 academical year at the University of New Brunswick, where he currently works at the English Department. He is a Fiction Editor of The Fiddlehead Literary Magazine - Canada's longest surviving literary magazine.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.connotationpress.com/poetry/1555-gerard-beirne-poetry )〕 He also curates the on-line magazines The Irish Literary Times and The New Brunswick Literary Times. His most recent collection of poems, Games of Chance - A Gambler's Manual, was published by Oberon Press, Fall 2011. His novel ''The Eskimo in the Net'' was published by Marion Boyars in 2003 and was short-listed for the 2004 Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Gerard Beirne )〕 It was selected by the Daily Express as Book of the Year. His collection of poetry, ''Digging My Own Grave'' (published by Dedalus Press) was runner-up for the Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award. His story, "Sightings of Bono", was adapted for Irish film and featured Bono (of U2), it is now available as an eBook. Beirne's CD of spoken word poetry - ''If it's words you're after'' - was released in 2006. He is a past winner of two Sunday Tribune/Hennessey Literary Awards including as New Irish Writer of the Year 1996. His collaboration with classical composer Siobhán Cleary (''Hum''), was called "a theatrical tour de force" by ''The Irish Times''. In 2009, Oberon Press published his second novel, ''Turtle''. == References == 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gerard Beirne」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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