Anne Haverty

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Anne Haverty is an Irish writer, cinematographer and journalist[1] who won the 1997 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature for her debut novel One Day as a Tiger.[2]

Biography

Anne Haverty was born in Holycross, County Tipperary in 1959 and has two brothers and two sisters.[3] She was educated at Trinity College Dublin and The Sorbonne,[4] winning an under-21 short story competition at Listowel Writers Week.[5] In 1992 she got a scholarship to the European Film College in Ebeltoft, Denmark.[1]

Her first book was a biography of Constance Markievicz, titled An Independent Life which was published in 1989. As well as her novels she also went on to publish a poetry collection, The Beauty of the Moon which was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation and has written for both the Irish Times and TLS as well as film and television scripts.

A member of Aosdána,[4] she is married to fellow author Anthony Cronin, thirty years her senior,[6] and lives in Ranelagh, Dublin.[7]

Bibliography

Non-fiction

  • An Independent Life (1989) a biography of Constance Markievicz
  • Elegant Times: A Dublin Story (1995) the story of Brown Thomas and Switzers department stores.[8]

Novels

Poetry collection

  • The Beauty of the Moon (1999)

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Literary Ark :: Participants :: ANNE HAVERTY Retrieved 2016-03-11.
  2. Ireland Literature Exchange (ILE) | Anne Haverty Retrieved 2016-03-10.
  3. "It's a write-on crowd", The Irish Times, Sat, Sep 2, 2000, by Catherine Foley
  4. 4.0 4.1 Anne Haverty - Current Member | Aosdana Retrieved 2016-03-10.
  5. Munster Literature Centre Retrieved 2016-03-10.
  6. Miriam O Callaghan meets writers Anthony Cronin and Anne Haverty Retrieved 2016-03-11.
  7. www.ricorso.net Retrieved 2016-03-11.
  8. www.fantasticfiction.co.uk Retrieved 2016-03-11.