2006 in Ireland - Literature

Literature

  • 2 March – Ireland: Awakening, an historical novel by Edward Rutherfurd, is published.
  • 13 June – Colm Tóibín's novel The Master (2004) wins the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. He is the first Irish writer to win. His short story collection Mothers and Sons is published this year.
  • 26 July – Sesquicentennial anniversary of the birth of George Bernard Shaw.
  • John Banville publishes his first crime novel under the pen name Benjamin Black, Christine Falls.

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