Sebastian Barry

Sebastian Barry is an Irish novelist, playwright, and poet. He was born in Dublin in 1955 and educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He has written 10 novels, 10 plays, and 5 collections of poetry. His work has been translated into 30 languages. He has won the Costa Book of the Year Award twice, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, the Whitbread Award, and the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature. He was appointed Ireland's Laureate for Fiction in 2018.