Kevin Power
{{short description|Irish writer and academic (born 1981)}}
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Kevin Power (born 1981){{Cite web |title=Kevin Power |url=https://www.lilliputpress.ie/author_post/kevin-power |access-date=2023-11-08 |website=The Lilliput Press}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.herald.ie/news/movie-based-on-annabels-killing-is-sold-across-world-28850802.html|title=Movie based on Annabel's killing is sold across world|first=Michael Lavery-23 October 2012 04:00|last=PM|website=The Herald|location=Ireland}} In April 2009 Power received the 2008 Hennessy XO Emerging Fiction Award for his short story "The American Girl"{{Cite web|url=http://www.tribune.ie/arts/books/article/2009/jun/28/rules-hennessey-irish-literary-awards|access-date=3 February 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101020215610/http://www.tribune.ie/arts/books/article/2009/jun/28/rules-hennessey-irish-literary-awards/|archive-date=20 October 2010|url-status=dead|title=Rules for Hennessy X.O Literary Awards }} and was shortlisted for RTÉ's Francis MacManus short story award in 2007 for his piece entitled "Wilderness Gothic".{{Cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/radio1/francismacmanus/1202625.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100413101138/http://www.rte.ie/radio1/francismacmanus/1202625.html|url-status=dead|title=Listen to 'Wilderness Gothic'|publisher=RTÉ |archivedate=13 April 2010}} He is the winner of the 2009 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature.{{Cite web|url=http://www.tcd.ie/Communications/news/pressreleases/pressRelease.php?headerID=1298&pressReleaseArchive=2010|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091016010350/http://www.tcd.ie/Communications/news/pressreleases/pressRelease.php?headerID=1298&pressReleaseArchive=2010|url-status=dead|archivedate=16 October 2009| title=Press Release – Communications Office – Trinity College Dublin }}
Education
Power graduated from University College Dublin with a BA (2002), an MA (2003), and a PhD in American Literature in 2013.[https://www.tcd.ie/OWC/staff/academic-staff/kevin-power.php Kevin Power] Academic Staff, Trinity College Dublin.
Career
He currently teaches in the School of English at Trinity College Dublin.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tcd.ie/OWC/staff/academic-staff/kevin-power.php|title=Dr. Kevin Power B.A., M.A. (UCD)Assistant Professor – Trinity Oscar Wilde Centre – Trinity College Dublin }} He writes regularly for The Sunday Business Post.{{Cite web|url=https://www.businesspost.ie/author/kevinpower|title=Kevin Power | BusinessPost.ie|website=businesspost.ie|access-date=7 December 2017|archive-date=12 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412043718/https://www.businesspost.ie/author/kevinpower|url-status=dead}}
Publications
- Bad Day in Blackrock. Lilliput, 2010.[https://web.archive.org/web/20100828103605/http://archives.tcm.ie/businesspost/2008/10/26/story36907.asp Review in The Sunday Business Post]
- White City. Simon & Schuster, 2021.{{Cite journal |last=O'Regan |first=Aoife |date=2021-04-23 |title=Reviewed: White City by Kevin Power |url=https://www.rte.ie/culture/2021/0423/1211625-reviewed-white-city-by-kevin-power/|publisher=RTÉ}}{{Cite news |last=Wright |first=Bert |date=2023-11-08 |title=White City by Kevin Power, review – social satire fires up again|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/white-city-by-kevin-power-review-social-satire-fires-up-again-3vwzj35ms |access-date=2023-11-08 |issn=0140-0460|newspaper=The Times}}{{Cite web |last=Carty |first=Pat |title=Book Review: Kevin Power – White City |url=https://www.hotpress.com/opinion/book-review-kevin-power-white-city-22852388 |access-date=2023-11-08 |website=Hotpress}}
- The Written World: Essays & Reviews. Lilliput, 2022.{{Cite web |title=The Written World: Zingy, fun collection with a knack for the killer opening |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/the-written-world-zingy-fun-collection-with-a-knack-for-the-killer-opening-1.4877633 |access-date=2023-11-08 |website=The Irish Times}}{{Cite web |date=2022-05-14 |title=The Written World: What’s worth reading? this book, for starters |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/book-reviews/the-written-world-whats-worth-reading-this-book-for-starters/41643917.html |access-date=2023-11-08 |website=Irish Independent}}
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
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Category:Irish male short story writers
Category:21st-century Irish short story writers
Category:21st-century Irish novelists