Kevin Power (born 1981) is an Irish writer and academic. His novel Bad Day in Blackrock was published by The Lilliput Press in 2008 and filmed in 2012 as What Richard Did. In April 2009 Power received the 2008 Hennessy XO Emerging Fiction Award for his short story "The American Girl" and was shortlisted for RTÉ's Francis MacManus short story award in 2007 for his piece entitled "Wilderness Gothic". He is the winner of the 2009 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature.
Education
Power graduated from University College Dublin with a BA (2002), an MA (2003), and a PhD in American Literature in 2013.
Career
He currently teaches in the School of English at Trinity College Dublin. He writes regularly for The Sunday Business Post.
Publications
- Bad Day in Blackrock. Lilliput, 2010.
- White City. Simon & Schuster, 2021.
- The Written World: Essays & Reviews. Lilliput, 2022.
Awards
- 2007: Shortlisted, RTÉ's Francis MacManus short story award in 2007 for his piece entitled "Wilderness Gothic"
- 2009: Winner, 2008 Hennessy XO Emerging Fiction Award for his short story "The American Girl"
- 2010: Winner, 2009 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature
References
- "Kevin Power". The Lilliput Press. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
- PM, Michael Lavery-23 October 2012 04:00. "Movie based on Annabel's killing is sold across world". The Herald. Ireland.
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- Kevin Power Academic Staff, Trinity College Dublin.
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- "Kevin Power | BusinessPost.ie". businesspost.ie. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
- Review in The Sunday Business Post
- O'Regan, Aoife (23 April 2021). "Reviewed: White City by Kevin Power". RTÉ.
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(help) - Wright, Bert (8 November 2023). "White City by Kevin Power, review – social satire fires up again". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
- Carty, Pat. "Book Review: Kevin Power – White City". Hotpress. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
- "The Written World: Zingy, fun collection with a knack for the killer opening". The Irish Times. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
- "The Written World: What's worth reading? this book, for starters". Irish Independent. 14 May 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2023.