Michael Collins (Irish author)

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Michael Collins at Toronto's Ireland Park Famine Memorial

Michael Collins (born 4 June 1964) is an Irish novelist and international ultra-distance runner. His novel The Keepers of Truth was shortlisted for the 2000 Booker Prize. [1] He has also won the Kerry Ingredients Irish Novel of the Year Award and the Lucien Barriere Literary Prize at the Deauville American Film Festival. [2] [3]

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Early life and education

Collins was born in Limerick. [4] He earned an athletic scholarship to University of Notre Dame and received a master's degree from Oxford University. [4] He has a doctorate from the University of Illinois Chicago. [4]

Athletics

A former member of the Irish National Team for the 100k distance (62.2 miles), [5] Collins holds the Irish national masters record over the 100k distance.[ citation needed ] As captain of the Irish National Team in 2010, [6] he won a bronze medal at the World 100k Championships held in Gibraltar.[ citation needed ] He has also won The 100-mile Himalayan Stage Race and The Mount Everest Challenge Marathon, along with The Last Marathon in Antarctica, and The North Pole Marathon. [7]

Works

References

  1. ↑ Moseley, Merritt (2001). "The Booker Prize for 2000". The Sewanee Review. 109 (3): 438–446. JSTOR   27549063.
  2. ↑ "Michael Collins | The Booker Prizes". thebookerprizes.com. Retrieved 30 October 2025.
  3. ↑ Leffler, Rebecca (27 July 2011). "Deauville American Film Fest Unveils Lineup". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 30 October 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 "HOME". michael-collins. Retrieved 30 October 2025.
  5. ↑ "ULTRA RUNNER". michael-collins. Retrieved 30 October 2025.
  6. ↑ Collins, Michael. "Michael Collins: my marathon a day, for a month, to honour Irish emigrants". The Irish Times. Retrieved 30 October 2025.
  7. ↑ "Michael Collins | University of Iowa Press - The University of Iowa". uipress.uiowa.edu. Retrieved 30 October 2025.
  8. ↑ "The Life And Times Of A Tea Boy by Michael Collins | Waterstones". www.waterstones.com. Retrieved 30 October 2025.
  9. ↑ "The Feminists Go Swimming, by Michael Collins (Phoenix, 5.99 in UK)". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. 23 August 1997. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  10. ↑ "Emerald Underground by Michael Collins | Waterstones". www.waterstones.com. Retrieved 30 October 2025.
  11. ↑ "Literature Ireland |". www.literatureireland.com. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
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