Legacy
Hogan features in a number of major anthologies of modern Irish literature.
William Trevor included him in The Oxford Book of Irish Stories and Colm Tóibín selected his story "Winter Swimmers" for The Penguin Book of Irish Writing.
He appears in The Anchor Book of New Irish Writing.
He appears in the anthology Best European Fiction 2012, edited by Aleksandar Hemon, with a preface by Nicole Krauss (Dalkey Archive Press).
Irish writer Colum McCann, claims that Hogan, along with Benedict Kiely, is one of two Irish writers who have influenced him greatly.
American writer Joyce Carol Oates much admires his story "Winter Swimmers".
According to Robert McCrum, former Literary Editor of The Observer, Hogan is one of "one of Ireland's finest writers".
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“What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.”
—Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466–1536)