Roddy Doyle - Awards & Nominations

Date of Birth	08-May-1958
Place of Birth	Dalkey (County Dublin, DÃºn Laoghaireâ€“Rathdown)
Nationality	Republic of Ireland
Profession	Novelist, Writer, Screenwriter, Teacher, Playwright
Roddy Doyle is an Irish novelist, dramatist and screenwriter. He is the author of ten novels for adults, seven books for children, seven plays and screenplays, and dozens of short stories. Several of his books have been made into films, beginning with The Commitments in 1991. Doyle's work is set primarily in Ireland, especially working-class Dublin, and is notable for its heavy use of dialogue written in slang and Irish English dialect. Doyle was awarded the Booker Prize in 1993 for his novel Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha.

Awards by Roddy Doyle

Check all the awards nominated and won by Roddy Doyle.

2012

Nominations 2012 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Guardian Children's Fiction Prize	A Greyhound of a Girl

2008

Bisto Merit Awards	Honored for : Wilderness

1999

New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year	Honored for : A Star Called Henry

1995

Nominations 1995 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Serial	Family

1994

Nominations 1994 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
British Academy Television Award for Best Single Drama	Screen Two The Snapper

1993

Man Booker Prize

Honored for : Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha

Nominations 1993 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Man Booker Prize	Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha

1992

BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay, Adapted

Honored for : The Commitments

Nominations 1992 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay	The Commitments
BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay, Adapted	The Commitments

1991

Nominations 1991 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Man Booker Prize	The Van

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