Colm Tóibín: Quick Facts

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Born	May 30, 1955 (age 71) • Ireland
Notable Works	“A Guest at the Feast” • “Brooklyn” • “House of Names” • “Mothers and Sons” • “The Blackwater Lightship” • “The Heather Blazing” • “The Master” • “The South” • “The Story of the Night” • “The Testament of Mary” • “Vinegar Hill”

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Colm Toibin stands in a narrow cobblestone alleyway in Mantova, Italy, wearing a gray jacket and black shirt with his hands in his pockets.

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George Moore, 1908.

George Moore

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James Joyce wearing a dark suit, light tie, round glasses, and a hat, looking to the side outdoors in Zurich, Switzerland.

James Joyce

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Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde

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John Banville

John Banville

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Brendan Behan

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Margaret Atwood smiling at the camera, wearing a red scarf with butterfly patterns and a black top, in front of an orange background with inspirational words.

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Graham Greene, 1982

Graham Greene

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Albert Wendt

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Michael Banim

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Oliver Goldsmith, oil painting from the studio of Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1770; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

Oliver Goldsmith

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Edna O'Brien

Edna O’Brien

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Bram Stoker

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Sean O’Faolain

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Maria Edgeworth, detail of an engraving by Alonzo Chappel, 1873

Maria Edgeworth

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Elizabeth Bowen

Elizabeth Bowen

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Maeve Binchy

Maeve Binchy

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William Trevor

William Trevor

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