McCabe, Patrick: *1955
Information about Patrick McCabe
- General Information
- Facts
- Patrick McCabe was born in County Monaghan, Ireland, in 1955. He lives with his wife in Ireland.
In 1979 he received the Hennessy Award for a short story, and has had short stories published in Panurge, the Irish Times, the Cork Examiner and other magazines. Two of his short stories were broadcast on RTÉ, Ireland, and several plays broadcast on RTÉ and the BBC.
In 1992 he won the Irish Times Award for Fiction and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize.
- Patrick McCabe was born in County Monaghan, Ireland, in 1955. He lives with his wife in Ireland.
- Articles
- King of Bog Gothic: "McCabe may be in for another rough ride, his vision will remain as anarchic and irrepressible as ever". The Guardian; August 30, 2003
- Even today you can walk into some Irish bars and be in a different dimension: "If McCabe has a political theory, it’s that most societies should be run by women because put two men together and after a while “they’ll just want to get drunk and wake up in Donegal”." The Guardian; April 24, 2022