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Seán Mac Mathúna is an Irish writer whose work has been published in both Irish and English. He was born in Tralee, County Kerry and attended University College Cork.〔Biographical note for Seán Mac Mathúna, Cois Life: http://www.coislife.ie/Udar.aspx?id=11〕 He began his literary career as a writer of short stories, a number of which were published in Irish in ''Comhar'' and in English in the ''Irish Times'' and the ''Irish Press''. In 1983 his first collection, entitled ''Ding'' (Wedge), was published by An Comhlacht Oideachais. His second Irish-language collection, ''Banana'', was published by Cois Life in 1999, and won Gradam Uí Shúilleabháin /Irish Book of the Year Award. In 2005 his selected short stories were published by Cois Life under the title ''Úlla'' (Apples).〔Biographical note for Seán Mac Mathúna, Cois Life: http://www.coislife.ie/Udar.aspx?id=11〕 Mac Mathúna has written four novels. One of them, entitled ''Gealach'' (Moon), was published by Leabhar Breac in 2012 and won an Oireachtas prize. Mac Mathúna is also a playwright. In 1992 the Abbey Theatre produced ''The Winter Thief/Gadaí Géar na Geamhoíche'' in English and Irish on alternate nights, using the same cast. In 1999 the Taibhdhearc Theatre in Galway produced his play ''Hula Hul''. A selection of his work can be heard on the audiobook ''Niall Tóibín ag léamh gearrscéalta le Seán Mac Mathúna'' (Niall Tóibín reading short stories by Seán Mac Mathúna) (Cois Life, 2009). He has expressed the view that literary inspiration is something closely tied to the deepest sources of our humanity: “But writers are reluctant to talk about inspiration because it’s an acknowledgment, perhaps, that they didn’t write the story themselves but that it came into existence because of the will of a source which is higher than us”. He has also said that he prefers the Irish language versions of his work.〔Interview with author, Gaelchultúr Newsletter #8: April 2011 : http://www.gaelchultur.com/en/newsletters/newsletterarticle.aspx?id=98〕 ==Novels== * ''Cros na Sceilge'' (Coiscéim, 2013) * ''Gealach '' (Leabhar Breac, 2012) * ''Scéal Eitleáin'' (Coiscéim, 2005) 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「Seán Mac Mathúna」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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