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Roddy Doyle
Roddy Doyle (born 8 May 1958) is an Irish novelist, dramatist and screenwriter. He is the author of ten novels for adults, seven books for children, seven plays and screenplays, and dozens of short stories. Several of his books have been made into films, beginning with ''The Commitments'' in 1991. Doyle's work is set primarily in Ireland, especially working-class Dublin, and is notable for its heavy use of dialogue written in slang and Irish English dialect. Doyle was awarded the Booker Prize in 1993 for his novel ''Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha''.
==Personal life and history==
Doyle was born in Dublin and grew up in Kilbarrack, in a middle-class family. His mother, Ita Bolger Doyle, was a first cousin of the short story writer Maeve Brennan 4th class.〔Angela Bourke, ''Maeve Brennan: Homesick at the New Yorker'', 2004, Counterpoint Books, New York.〕 Doyle graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from University College Dublin. He spent several years as an English and geography teacher before becoming a full-time writer in 1993.〔(Article at Entertainment Times )〕 His personal notes and work books reside at the National Library of Ireland.
In addition to teaching, Doyle, along with Seán Love,〔http://www.fightingwords.ie/the-work〕 established a creative writing centre, "Fighting Words", which opened in Dublin in January 2009. It was inspired by a visit to his friend Dave Eggers' 826 Valencia project in San Francisco.〔(Fighting Words ) web site〕 He has also engaged in local causes, including signing a petition supporting journalist Suzanne Breen, who faced gaol for refusing to divulge her sources in court,〔(John Pilger and Roddy Doyle back journalist over Real IRA interviews ). ''The Guardian'' (London). 8 June 2009.〕 and joining a protest against an attempt by Dublin City Council to construct 9 ft-high barriers which would interfere with one of his favourite views.〔O'Regan, Mark. (Roddy joins chorus of anger over flood barrier ). ''Irish Independent''. 17 October 2011.〕〔Nihill, Cian. (Over 3,000 attend flood defence plan protest at Clontarf ). ''The Irish Times''. 17 October 2011.〕〔(Clontarf residents protest over flood wall plans ). ''TheJournal.ie''. 16 October 2011.〕〔Murphy, Cormac. (5,000 turn out with Roddy Doyle to fight 9ft flood wall ). ''Evening Herald''. 17 October 2011.〕
Doyle is an atheist.〔Chilton, Martin. ("Roddy Doyle interview" ). ''The Daily Telegraph''. 22 September 2011. The 53-year-old Dubliner, who will be the headline performer at the start of the 10-day Telegraph Bath Festival of Children's Literature, said: "I'm an atheist so I suppose that was part of the challenge of writing about a ghost. Strictly speaking, I don't believe in anything.〕
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