Sara Baume

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Sara Baume
Born1984 (age 39–40)
Alma mater Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology
Notable awardsRooney Prize

Sara Baume (born 1984) [1] is an Irish [2] novelist. She was named on Granta 's Best of Young British Novelists list in 2023. [3]

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Biography

Her father is of English descent while her mother is of Irish descent. [4] As her parents travelled around in a caravan, Sara Baume was born "on the road to Wigan Pier". [4] When she was four years old, they moved to County Cork, Ireland. [4] She studied fine art at Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art and Design and creative writing at Trinity College Dublin from where she was awarded her MPhil. [1] She has received a Literary Fellowship from the Lannan Foundation in Santa Fe, New Mexico. [5] Her books are published by Tramp Press in Ireland and Heinemann in Britain.

In 2015, she participated in the International Writing Program's Fall Residency at the University of Iowa, in Iowa City, Iowa. [6]

In 2023, she was named on Granta 's Best of Young British Novelists list, compiled every 10 years since 1983, to identify the 20 most significant British novelists aged under 40. [7]

Awards and honours

Literary awards

YearTitleAwardCategoryResultRef.
2015— Hennessy New Irish Writing Award —Won [8]
— Rooney Prize for Irish Literature —Won [8]
Spill Simmer Falter Wither Costa Book Award First Novel Shortlisted [9]
Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize FictionWon [10] [11]
Guardian First Book Award —Longlisted [12] [13]
Irish Book Award Sunday Independent Newcomer of the YearWon [14]
2016 Desmond Elliott Prize —Longlisted [15]
Kate O'Brien Award —Won [16]
2017 Los Angeles Times Book Prize Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction Shortlisted [17]
A Line Made By Walking Booklist Editors' Choice Adult BooksSelection [18]
Goldsmiths Prize —Shortlisted [19]
2021handiwork Rathbones Folio Prize —Shortlisted [20] [21]
2022Seven Steeples An Post Irish Book Awards Eason Novel of the YearShortlisted [22]
Goldsmiths Prize —Shortlisted [23] [24]
2023 Dylan Thomas Prize —Shortlisted [25] [26]

Other awards

Novels

Notes

^α (named for the Richard Long sculpture, A Line Made by Walking) [28] [29]

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References

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