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 magazine's "Best of Young British Novelists" list 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 Dun Laoghaire College 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, IA. [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

Awards for Baume's writing
YearTitleAwardResultRef.
2015Spill Simmer Falter Wither Costa Book Award for First Novel Shortlist [8]
Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize for FictionWinner [9] [10]
Guardian First Book Award Longlist [11] [12]
2016 Desmond Elliott Prize Longlist [13]
2017 Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction Finalist [14]
A Line Made by WalkingBooklist Editors' Choice: Adult BooksSelection [15]
Goldsmiths Prize Shortlist [16]
2021handiwork Rathbones Folio Prize Shortlist [17]
2022Seven SteeplesAn Post Irish Book AwardsShortlist [18]
Goldsmiths Prize Shortlist [19] [20]
2023 Dylan Thomas Prize Shortlist [21] [22]

Novels

Awards

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