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John Broderick (born Athlone, Ireland, 1924 - died Bath, England, 1989) was an Irish novelist.
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John Broderick (born Athlone, Ireland, 1924 - died Bath, England, 1989) was an Irish novelist.
Broderick was born in Athlone, Ireland, in 1924. [1] He was the only child of the proprietors of a thriving local business, Broderick's Bakery. His father died when he was three years old. He began his secondary education at the Marist Brothers' School but at the age of 12, on his mother's remarriage to the bakery manager in 1936, he was sent to board at St Joseph's College, Garbally, Ballinasloe. He left in 1941 without sitting the Leaving Certificate and was expected to take over the bakery business, but always intended to write.
From 1951 he lived for a time in Paris where he knew some of the French and expatriate literary community, among them Gore Vidal, Truman Capote, James Baldwin and most importantly Julien Green. Green was a French Academician and highly respected novelist and diarist, who became a mentor and personal friend. He visited Broderick in Athlone in 1974 and 1975.
Broderick lived most of his life in Athlone; with his mother until her death in 1974, and alone until he moved to Bath England in 1981. He died in Bath in 1989.
The Irish Times accepted a travel article from Broderick in 1956. In the same year, the paper published the first of his book reviews. He continued to review widely and to write general articles for The Irish Times and Hibernia magazine, among others, until shortly before his death. As a critic he was frequently controversial being dismissive of a number of established writers including Heinrich Boll, Seamus Heaney and most notably Edna O'Brien while he was extremely generous and encouraging to a host of young Irish writers. [2] His first novel, The Pilgrimage (1961) was banned by the Irish Censorship Board. [1] Broderick was elected to membership of the Irish Academy of Letters in 1968, and in 1975 received the Academy's Annual Award for Literature. The Westmeath County Library system has a collection of his papers, manuscripts and other materials. [3]
Broderick's novels include:
Since 1999, Broderick has been commemorated in a number of ways, including:
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