Clare Boylan
Clare Boylan | |
|---|---|
| Born | 21 April 1948 Dublin |
| Died | 16 May 2006 Dublin |
| Occupation | Author, journalist |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Notable awards | Spirit of Life Award Benson & Hedges Journalist of the Year 1974 |
| Spouse | Alan Wilkes |
Clare Boylan (21 April 1948 – 16 May 2006) was an Irish author, journalist and critic for newspapers, magazines and many international broadcast media.
Life and career
Born in Dublin in 1948, to Patrick and Evelyn Boylan (née Selby).[1][2] Boylan began her career as a journalist at the now defunct Irish Press.[1][3] In 1974 she won the Journalist of the Year award when working in the city for the Evening Press.[3][2] There she met her husband, fellow journalist Alan Wilkes.[2] From 1981, she edited the glossy magazine Image,[3] before largely giving up journalism to focus on a career as an author in 1984.[1][2]
Her novels are Holy Pictures (1983), Last Resorts (1984), Black Baby (1988), Home Rule (1992), Beloved Stranger (1999), Room for a Single Lady (1997) - which won the Spirit of Light Award[2] and was optioned for a film - and Emma Brown (2003).[4][5] The latter work is a continuation of a 20-page fragment written by Charlotte Brontë before her death.[6][4][1]
Boylan's short stories are collected in A Nail on the Head (1983), Concerning Virgins (1990) and That Bad Woman (1995).[5] The film Making Waves, based on her short story "Some Ladies on a Tour", was nominated for an Oscar in 1988.
Her non-fiction includes The Agony and the Ego (1994) and The Literary Companion to Cats (1994).[4][5] She wrote introductions to the novels of Kate O'Brien and Molly Keane and adapted Molly Keane's novel Good Behaviour as the classic serial for BBC Radio 4 (2004).[4][5] Boylan's work has been translated as far afield as Russia and Hong Kong.[5]
Many of her writings were inspired by feminist thinking.[1][2][3] She said of this theme that “by definition I am a woman writer because the things that interest me are the things that are most interesting to women”.[3] Her works gained her membership to Aosdána.[2][4][5]
In later life, she lived in County Wicklow[2][5] with her husband Alan Wilkes.[1][4] She died after a lengthy struggle with ovarian cancer, aged 58.[4][1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g McDonnell, Jane (20 May 2006). "Obituary: Clare Boylan". The Guardian. Retrieved 2007-12-29.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Han, John J. (2006). "Clare Boylan (1948- )". In Gonzalez, Alexander G. (ed.). Irish Women Writers An A-to-Z Guide. Greenwood Press. pp. 44–48. ISBN 9780313328831.
- ^ a b c d e Tallone, Giovanna (17 March 2021). "In Dialogue with Writing. Clare Boylan's Non-Fiction". Estudios Irlandeses (16): 42–53. doi:10.24162/EI2021-9970.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Irish novelist Clare Boylan dies". RTÉ News. 17 May 2006. Archived from the original on 19 May 2010. Retrieved 2007-12-24.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Clare Boylan - Former Members". Aosdána. Archived from the original on 2020-07-07. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
- ^ "Clare Boylan: Irish author who achieved wide acclaim with Emma Brown, the completion of a two-chapter fragment by Charlotte Brontë". The Times. London. 18 May 2006. p. 61. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
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