Dermot Healy (born 1947 in Finnea, County Westmeath, Ireland) is an Irish novelist, playwright, and poet. He has won the Hennessy Award (1974 and 1976), the Tom Gallon Award (1983), and the Encore Award (1995). In 2011, he was shortlisted for the Poetry Now Award for his 2010 poetry collection, A Fool's Errand.
Healy is a member of Aosdána and of its governing body, the Toscaireacht, and lives in County Sligo, Ireland.
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