Claire-Louise Bennett

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Claire-Louise Bennett is a British writer, living in Galway in Ireland. [1] She has written Pond (2015), [2] which was shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize; [3] and Checkout 19 (2021), [4] which was shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize. [5]

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Biography

Bennett grew up in a working-class family in Wiltshire. She studied literature and drama at the University of Roehampton in London. She emigrated from the UK to Galway in Ireland around the turn of the millennium. [1]

Publications

Novels

Short fiction

Collections
Stories [lower-alpha 2]
TitleYearFirst publishedReprinted/collectedNotes
Invisible bird2022Bennett, Claire-Louise (30 May 2022). "Invisible bird". The New Yorker. 98 (14): 54–59.

Non-fiction

Awards

Notes

  1. ↑ Paperback edition published by Fitzcarraldo, also 2015.
  2. ↑ Short stories unless otherwise noted.

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References

  1. 1 2 Coffey, Edel. "Claire-Louise Bennett: 'Most people were being sold a bit of a lie'". The Irish Times. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  2. ↑ "A Work of Fiction That Will Make You Feel Pleasantly Insane". The New Yorker. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  3. 1 2 "£30k Dylan Thomas prize shortlist for young writers revealed". BBC News. 22 March 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  4. ↑ Baker, Phil. "Checkout 19 by Claire-Louise Bennett review — a radiant study of inner life". The Times. ISSN   0140-0460 . Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  5. ↑ Doyle, Martin. "Keith Ridgway and Claire-Louise Bennett on Goldsmiths Prize 2021 shortlist". The Irish Times. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  6. ↑ "Checkout 19 by Claire-Louise Bennett – a life in books". The Guardian. 18 August 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  7. ↑ "Review: Checkout 19 by Claire-Louise Bennett". Vanity Fair. 3 September 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  8. ↑ "Book review: Checkout 19, by Claire-Louise Bennett". www.scotsman.com. 18 August 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  9. ↑ Balanescu, Miriam (19 August 2021). "Checkout 19 by Claire-Louise Bennett is a glittering debut that spins the mundane into magic". inews.co.uk. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  10. ↑ "Pond by Claire-Louise Bennett review – a stunning debut". The Guardian. 18 November 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  11. ↑ O'Rourke, Meghan (22 July 2016). "A Debut Novel Traces a Woman's Life in Solitude". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  12. ↑ Dillon, Brian (19 October 2016). "Hmmmm, Stylish". London Review of Books. Vol. 38, no. 20. ISSN   0260-9592 . Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  13. ↑ "The White Review Short Story Prize 2013". The White Review. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  14. ↑ "International Dylan Thomas prize 2016 unveils 'phenomenally talented' shortlist". The Guardian. 22 March 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  15. ↑ "Isabel Waidner wins Goldsmiths prize for 'mindbending' Sterling Karat Gold". The Guardian. 10 November 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  16. ↑ "Goldsmiths Prize 2021 shortlist: The six most cutting-edge novelists writing today". New Statesman. 6 October 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.


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