Ferdia Lennon
Ferdia Lennon (born 1988) is an Irish author.
Biography
[edit]Lennon was born in Dublin and holds a BA in history and classics from University College Dublin and an MA in prose fiction from the University of East Anglia.[1] He lives in Norwich with his wife and son.[2]
Career
[edit]His debut novel, Glorious Exploits was a Sunday Times bestseller. It has been adapted for BBC Radio 4 and was the winner of the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize 2024 and the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction.[3][4] It was also shortlisted for the Nero Debut Fiction Award, formerly known as the Costa Awards.[5]
Lennon was shortlisted for the 2025 Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Cummins, Anthony (31 August 2024). "Ferdia Lennon: 'I was tired of Merchant Ivory accents'". The Guardian.
- ^ Lennon, Ferdia (3 January 2025). "Ferdia Lennon: 'Tolstoy made me more forgiving of myself and other people'". The Guardian.
- ^ "UK: PRH's Ferdia Lennon is the 24th Bollinger Prize Winner". 2 December 2024.
- ^ "Ferdia Lennon: 'I couldn't finish Finnegans Wake, I wonder if Joyce made it impenetrable because he knew he couldn't outdo Ulysses'". 22 January 2025.
- ^ "Ferdia Lennon wins Wodehouse Prize and is one of several Irish authors on Nero Awards shortlists". The Irish Times.
- ^ "Ferdia Lennon and Yael van der Wouden shortlisted for £20k Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize".
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