Brian Moore
Novelist, Author
1921 – 1999
Who was Brian Moore?
Brian Moore, who has been described as "one of the few genuine masters of the contemporary novel", was a novelist and screenwriter from Northern Ireland who emigrated to Canada and later lived in the United States. He was acclaimed for the descriptions in his novels of life in Northern Ireland after the Second World War, in particular his explorations of the inter-communal divisions of The Troubles. He was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1975 and the inaugural Sunday Express Book of the Year award in 1987, and he was shortlisted for the Booker Prize three times. Moore also wrote screenplays and several of his books were made into films.
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- Born
- Aug 25, 1921
Belfast - Also known as
- Bernard Mara
- Michael Bryan
- Spouses
- Jean Denney
(1967 - 1999/01/11) - Jacqueline Scully
- Jean Denney
- Nationality
- Canada
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- St. Malachy's College
( - 1939)
- St. Malachy's College
- Lived in
- Belfast
- Malibu
( - 1999/01/11)
- Died
- Jan 11, 1999
Malibu
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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