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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 U.S. Ambassador to Ireland.〔 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,〔"An Irishman's Diary", ''Irish Times'', 7 May 1976.〕 the current value of the prize is €10,000.〔Caroline Walsh, "Loose Leaves", ''Irish Times'', 21 June 2008〕 ==List of recipients== * 1976: Heno Magee〔 * 1977: Desmond Hogan〔James McElroy, ''Ireland: A Traveler's Literary Companion'', (Whereabouts Press, 2007) page 147.〕〔"The Hogan File", ''Irish Times'', 2 April 2005〕 * 1978: Peter Sheridan〔"Judges shortlist 16 authors", ''Irish Times'', 4 September 1999 (NB article dates the prize as 1977 but other sources confirm Hogan as 1977 winner)〕 * 1979: Kate Cruise O'Brien, ''A Gift Horse'' (short stories)〔"Writer and editor Kate Cruise O'Brien dies in Dublin aged 49", ''Irish Times'', 27 March 1997〕 * 1980: Bernard Farrell〔Mary O'Donnell, "A scathing scourge of suburbia", ''Irish Times'', 1 February 1992〕 * 1981: Neil Jordan〔"Neil Jordan Gets Rooney Prize", ''Irish Times'', 7 October 1981〕 * 1982: Medbh McGuckian; Special prize awarded to Seán Ó Tuama and Thomas Kinsella for ''An Duanaire / Poems of the Dispossessed''〔"Poet wins £1,000 Rooney Prize", ''Irish Times'', 17 September 1982〕 * 1983: Dorothy Nelson, ''In Night's City'' (novel)〔"Irish Literature Prize Awarded", ''Irish Times'', 30 August 1983〕 * 1984: Ronan Sheehan〔Caroline Walsh, "Rooney writing prize awarded", ''Irish Times'' 25 October 1984〕 * 1985: Frank McGuinness, ''Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme'' (play)〔Elgy Gillespie, "Literature prize for Buncrana writer", ''Irish Times'', 14 June 1985〕 * 1986: Paul Mercier〔David Nowlan, "Playwright wins £2,500 award", ''Irish Times'', 13 June 1986〕 * 1987: Deirdre Madden, ''Hidden Symptoms'' (novel)〔Mary Leland, "No Cheap Thrills", ''Irish Times'', 20 February 1988〕 * 1988: Glenn Patterson, ''Burning Your Own'' (novel)〔John Kenny, "Building the structure", Irish Times, 5 April 2003.〕 * 1989: Robert McLiam Wilson, ''Ripley Bogle'' (novel)〔"Judges shortlist 11 authors", ''Irish Times'', 2 September 1997〕 * 1990: Mary Dorcey, ''A Noise from the Woodshed'' (short stories) * 1991: Anne Enright, ''The Portable Virgin'' (short stories)〔"The Irish Times / ESB Theatre Awards: The Judges", ''Irish Times'', 8 February 1999〕 * 1992: Hugo Hamilton〔"Dublin writer receives award", ''Irish Times'', 16 June 1992〕 * 1993: Gerard Fanning (poet)〔"Dublin poet wins Rooney Prize", ''Irish Times'', 17 June 1993〕 * 1994: Colum McCann, ''Fishing the Sloe-Black River'' (short stories)〔"McCann wins Rooney Prize", ''Irish Times'', 18 June 1994〕 * 1995: Philip MacCann, ''The Miracle Shed'' (short stories)〔Robert O'Byrne, "With a swansong in her Hart", ''Irish Times'', 17 June 1995〕 * 1996: Mike McCormack, ''Getting It In The Head'' (short stories); additional Special Award presented to Vona Groarke and Conor O'Callaghan〔"Special award presented to two poets", ''Irish Times'', 6 February 1996〕 * 1997: Anne Haverty, ''One Day as a Tiger'' (novel)〔"Haverty wins literature award", ''Irish Times'', 14 June 1997〕 * 1998: David Wheatley, ''Thirst'' (poems)〔"Rooney Winner", ''Irish Times'', 4 June 1998〕 * 1999: Mark O'Rowe, ''Howie the Rookie'' (play)〔"Mark of success", ''Irish Times'', 10 June 1999.〕 * 2000: Claire Keegan, ''Antarctica'' (short stories), Special award presented to David Marcus.〔"New man in Galway", ''Irish Times'', 10 June 2000〕 * 2001: Keith Ridgway, ''Standard Time'' (short stories)〔"Loose leaves", ''Irish Times'', 9 June 2001〕 * 2002: Caitríona O’Reilly, ''The Nowhere Birds'' (poems)〔("Poem of the week", ''Guardian'', 21 April 2008 )〕〔Fiona Smith, "Stacking myths, making meaning", ''Irish Times'', 20 May 2006〕 * 2003: Eugene O'Brien, ''Eden'' (play)〔"O'Brien captures the Rooney", ''Irish Times'', 10 May 2003〕 * 2004: Claire Kilroy, ''All Summer'' (novel)〔"Kilroy wins Rooney", ''Irish Times'', 12 June 2004〕 * 2005: Nick Laird, ''To a Fault'' (poems)〔"Laird wins Rooney Prize", ''Irish Times'', 4 June 2005〕 * 2006: Philip Ó Ceallaigh, ''Notes from a Turkish Whorehouse'' (short stories)〔"Ó Ceallaigh wins Rooney", ''Irish Times'', 17 June 2006〕 * 2007: Kevin Barry, ''There Are Little Kingdoms'' (short stories) () ()〔Caroline Walsh, "Loose Leaves", ''Irish Times'', 10 October 2007〕 * 2008: Leontia Flynn, ''Drives'' (poems)〔 * 2009: Kevin Power, ''Bad Day in Blackrock''〔(【引用サイトリンク】Trinity College, Dublin">title=Novelist Kevin Power is awarded the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature 2009 )〕 * 2010: Leanne O'Sullivan, ''Cailleach: The Hag Of Beara'' * 2011: Lucy Caldwell * 2012: Nancy Harris〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Dramatist Harris wins Rooney Prize )〕 * 2013: Ciarán Collins * 2014: Colin Barrett * 2015: Sara Baume 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「Rooney Prize for Irish Literature」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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