Niamh Campbell

Niamh Campbell
Nationality	Irish

Niamh Campbell is an Irish author.

Her first work was published in Poetry Ireland Review when she was 17; she then went on to study and complete a PhD at King's College London and won a Next Generation Artist Award, publishing This Happy in 2020. ^[1]

Her PhD was focused on the career of writer John McGahern. ^{[2] [3]}

In 2021 she was Writer in Residence at University College Dublin. ^[4]

Works

• We Were Young (2022) ^{[5] [6] [7]} ISBN   978-1-4746-1170-1
• Love Many (2020) ^[8]
• This Happy (2020) ^{[9] [10] [11]} ISBN   978-1-4746-1168-8

Awards

• Sunday Times Short Story Award in 2020 for Love Many ^{[12] [13] [14]}
• Rooney Prize for Irish Literature in 2021 for This Happy ^{[15] [16]}
• Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award shortlisted in 2021 for This Happy ^[17]

References

1. Irish Times website, Niamh Campbell, article by Niamh Donnelly dated 17 February 2022
2. Lunate website, Niamh Campbell’s Shelf Life, article dated 22 August 2024
3. Good Reads website, Sacred Weather: Atmospheric essentialism in the work of John McGahern
4. RCW Literary Agency website, Niamh Campbell
5. Barekat, Houman. "We Were Young by Niamh Campbell review". The Times. ISSN   0140-0460 . Retrieved 26 November 2022.
6. "We Were Young by Niamh Campbell: Admirable novel stops short of transcendence". The Irish Times. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
7. Goldsbrough, Susannah (4 February 2022). "We Were Young by Niamh Campbell review: a middle-aged-bloke's-eye view of the Sally Rooney generation". The Telegraph. ISSN   0307-1235 . Retrieved 26 November 2022.
8. "Read the winner of the £30,000 Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award: Love Many by Niamh Campbell". The Times. ISSN   0140-0460 . Retrieved 26 November 2022.
9. Adams, Matthew (18 June 2020). "This Happy by Niamh Campbell looks at how we write the ghosts of our past into edifying life". The i . Retrieved 26 November 2022.
10. "This Happy by Niamh Campbell: The end of the affair". The Irish Times. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
11. Knight, Lucy. "This Happy by Niamh Campbell review - an exhilarating coming-of-age story for fans of Sally Rooney". The Times. ISSN   0140-0460 . Retrieved 26 November 2022.
12. "Niamh Campbell Wins Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award 2020". RCW Literary Agency. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
13. "Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award won by Irish author for two years running". The Irish Times. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
14. "Niamh Campbell wins £30,000 Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award". The Bookseller. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
15. "Rooney Prize Awarded to Niamh Campbell for Debut Novel 'This Happy'". The University Times. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
16. "Niamh Campbell awarded 2021 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature". The Irish Times. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
17. "Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year 2021: Two first-time novelists on shortlist". The Irish Times. Retrieved 26 November 2022.

External links

The Pig's Back website, Gardening at Night by Niamh Campbell