Philip MacCann

Philip MacCann (born 1966) is a British author.

Born in Manchester, he was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and studied Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia under Malcolm Bradbury.[1] His first book, The Miracle Shed (1995), a collection of short stories, won the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature,[2] and in 2000 he was awarded the Shiva Naipaul Memorial Prize.

Awards and honours

References

  1. "Philip MacCann". British Council. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  2. Robert O'Byrne, "With a swansong in her Hart", Irish Times, 17 June 1995


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