Awards & Winners

Colum McCann

Date of Birth 28-February-1965
Place of Birth Dublin
(Republic of Ireland, Ireland)
Nationality United States of America, Republic of Ireland
Profession Writer, Novelist, Author, Professor
Colum McCann is an Irish writer of literary fiction. He was born in Dublin, Ireland and now lives in New York. He is a Distinguished Professor of Creative Writing in the Master of Fine Arts program at Hunter College, New York with fellow novelists Peter Carey and Claire Messud, and has visited many universities and colleges all over the world, including the European Graduate School. His work has been published in 35 languages and has appeared in the New Yorker, Esquire, Paris Review, Granta, The Atlantic Monthly, GQ, Tin House, Bomb as well in several other places. He has written for the New York Times, Esquire, The Paris Review, The Atlantic Monthly, GQ, The Times, The Irish Times, Granta, la Repubblica,Die Ziet, Paris Match, The Guardian, The Independent as well as many other international publications. His novels include Songdogs, This Side of Brightness, Dancer, Zoli, Let the Great World Spin, and TransAtlantic.

Awards by Colum McCann

Check all the awards nominated and won by Colum McCann.

2010


Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, US & Canada
(Fiction)
Ambassador Book Award for Fiction
Honored for : Let the Great World Spin
(Fiction)

2009


National Book Award for Fiction
Honored for : Let the Great World Spin

Nominations 2009 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
National Book Award for Fiction Let the Great World Spin

2000


Nominations 2000 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award This side of brightness