- Bernard MacLaverty
Bernard MacLaverty is a writer. He was born in
Belfast on 14 September 1942, and lived there until 1975 when he moved to Scotland with his wife, Madeline, and four children (Ciara, Claire, John, and Jude). He has been a Medical Laboratory Technician, a mature student, a teacher of English and, for two years in the mid 1980s, Writer-in-Residence at theUniversity of Aberdeen .MacLaverty was educated at St Malachy's College and Queen's University in Belfast, and has written the novels "Cal", "Lamb", a novel about faith, relationships and ultimately love, "Grace Notes", which was shortlisted for the 1997 Booker Prize, and "The Anatomy School". He has also written five acclaimed collections of short stories, the most recent of which is "Matters of Life & Death".
"Cal" was adapted for the screen by the author in 1984 starring
Helen Mirren and John Lynch (Mark Knopfler composed the film soundtrack). He also adapted "Lamb" for the screen starringLiam Neeson , with a soundtrack byVan Morrison .He has written versions of his fiction for other media - radio plays, television plays, and screenplays. In 2003 he wrote and directed a short film "Bye-Child" (BAFTA nominated for ‘Best Short Film’) and more recently wrote the libretto for one of Scottish Opera’s Five:15 series - ‘The King’s Conjecture’ with music by Gareth Williams.He has lived in Scotland since 1975, and currently lives in Glasgow.
Published works
* "Secrets & Other Stories" Blackstaff Press (1977)
* "Lamb" Cape /Blackstaff Press (1980)
* "A Time to Dance & Other Stories" Cape /Blackstaff Press (1982)
* "Cal" Cape /Blackstaff Press (1983)
* "The Great Profundo & Other Stories" Cape /Blackstaff Press (1987)
* "Walking the Dog & Other Stories" Cape /Blackstaff Press (1994)
* "Grace Notes " Cape /Blackstaff Press (1997)
* "The Anatomy School" Cape/Blackstaff Press (2001)
* "Matters of Life & Death & Other Stories" Cape (2006)ee also
*
List of Northern Irish writers
*The Dawning External links
* [http://www.artscouncil.ie/aosdana/biogs/literature/bernardmclaverty.html Aosdána biographical note]
* [http://www.bernardmaclaverty.com/ Official web site]
* http://www.abdn.ac.uk/mediareleases/release.php?id=751
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/learning/getwritingni/wh_maclaverty.shtml Writing page BBC Northern Ireland]
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