Conor Kostick

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Michael O'Hanrahan

16Lives

Beschreibung

Biography of Michael O'Hanrahan, one of the leaders of Ireland's 1916 Rising. A journalist, novelist and fierce nationalist, he was quartermaster of the Irish Volunteers, in charge of getting and managing many of the arms used in the rebellion.

Autor

Conor Kostick is a writer and historian living in Dublin. As a novelist he 'was awarded the 'Farmleigh 'writer's residency for the summer of 2010 'and a place on the nominees list for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award 2012 and 2013. 'At their 2009 awards, the Reading Association of Ireland gave him the Special Merit Award in recognition of his significant contribution to writing for children in Ireland'. As an historian, Conor Kostick holds a PhD and a gold medal from Trinity College Dublin. He won 'first prize in the 2001 Dublinia Medieval Essay Competition, and has held fellowships from the Irish Research Council and the University of Nottingham. In 2013, he was awarded a Marie Curie research grant from the EU. Conor was twice chairperson of the Irish Writers' Union.

Produktdetails

• 16Lives
• Verlag: O'Brien Press Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 199mm x 134mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 286g
• ISBN-13: 9781847173355
• ISBN-10: 1847173357
• Artikelnr.: 43007006