John Boyne

John Boyne (born 30 April 1971) is an

Irish novelist.[1] He is the author of eleven
novels for adults and six novels for
younger readers. His novels are
published in over 50 languages. His 2006
novel The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas was
adapted into a 2008 film of the same
name.
 John Boyne

Born 30 April 1971

Dublin, Ireland
Period 2000–present
Genre Literary fiction
Notable works The Boy in the Striped
Pyjamas The
Absolutist

Website

johnboyne.com
Biography
Boyne was born in Dublin, where he still
lives. His first short story was published
by the Sunday Tribune and in 1993 was
shortlisted for a Hennessy Literary
Award.[2][3] A graduate of Trinity College,
Dublin (BA) and the University of East
Anglia (MA), in 2015 he was awarded an
Honorary Doctorate of Letters from the
University of East Anglia. He chaired the
jury for the 2015 Scotiabank Giller
Prize.[4]

Boyne is gay, and has spoken about the

difficulties he encountered growing up
gay in Catholic Ireland.[5][6][7]
Bibliography
Novels

2000: The Thief of Time (Weidenfeld &

Nicolson)
2001: The Congress of Rough Riders
(Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
2004: Crippen (Penguin)
2006: Next of Kin (Penguin)
2008: Mutiny on the Bounty
(Doubleday)
2009: The House of Special Purpose
(Doubleday)
2011: The Absolutist (Doubleday)
2013: This House Is Haunted
(Doubleday)
 2014: A History of Loneliness
(Doubleday)
2017: The Heart's Invisible Furies
(Doubleday)
2018: A Ladder To The Sky (Doubleday)
[8]

Novels for younger readers

2006: The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

(David Fickling Books)
2010: Noah Barleywater Runs Away
(David Fickling Books)
2012: The Terrible Thing That
Happened To Barnaby Brocket
(Doubleday Children's)
 2013: Stay Where You Are And Then
Leave (Doubleday Children's)
2015: The Boy at the Top of the
Mountain (Doubleday Children's)
2019: My Brother's Name is Jessica
(Puffin)

Short story collections

2015: Beneath The Earth (Doubleday)

Film
A Heyday/Miramax film adaptation of
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas was shot
in Budapest in mid-2007 and released in
late 2008. Directed by Mark Herman, the
film stars Asa Butterfield, David Thewlis,
Vera Farmiga, Rupert Friend and Sheila
Hancock.

Awards
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas: winner:
Irish Book Awards Children's Book of
the Year; Irish Book Awards Radio 1
Book of the Year; Qué Leer Award Best
International Novel of the Year (Spain);
Orange Prize Readers Group: Book of
the Year; Children's Books Ireland Book
of the Year. Shortlist: Irish Book Award
Novel of the Year; British Book Award;
the Border's New Voices Award; the
Ottar's Children's Book Prize; the Paolo
Ungari Literary Award (Italy); Deutscher
Jugendliteraturpreis (Germany).
Longlist: The Carnegie Medal; the
International IMPAC Literary Award
Noah Barleywater Runs Away:
shortlisted for Irish Book Awards
Children's Book of the Year; Sheffield
Children's Book Award, Hull Children's
Book Award; Longlist: The Carnegie
Medal
The Terrible Thing That Happened to
Barnaby Brocket: shortlisted for Irish
Book Awards: Children's Book of the
Year; Longlist: The Carnegie Medal
The Absolutist: Longlist: International
IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
 Stay Where You Are And Then Leave:
shortlisted for Irish Book Awards
Children's Book of the Year; Deutscher
Jugendliteraturpreis (Germany)
A History of Loneliness: shortlisted for
Irish Book Awards Novel of the Year
The Boy At The Top Of The Mountain:
shortlisted for Irish Book Awards
Children's Book of the Year; Children's
Books Ireland Book of the Year
The Heart's Invisible Furies: shortlisted
for Irish Book Awards Novel of the
Year
"The Hearts Invisible Furies": 2017
Book of the Year for Book of the Month

Other Awards:
 2012: Hennessy Literary Award Hall of
Fame
2014: Winner: Irish Book Awards: Short
Story of the Year ('Rest Day')
2015: Shortlist: Irish Book Awards:
Short Story of the Year ('Boy, 19')
2015: Gustav Heinemann Peace Prize
(Germany)

Controversy
His 2019 book My Brother's Name is
Jessica, about a trans girl, was criticised
over its portrayal of transgender topics,
for misgendering people and cis
privilege, such as how he rejects the term
"cis", and wants to debate transgender
rights.[9][10][11] He deleted his Twitter
account, claiming social media
harassment.[12][13] Some Irish authors
have supported him.[14]

References
1. O Conghaile, Pól (23 October 2010).
"Wild Child of a Different Stripe" .
Irish Examiner. Retrieved 27 October
2010.
2. Philip Casey, "Boyne, John" , Irish
Writers Online.
3. "10 Interesting John Boyne Facts" ,
My Interesting facts, 6 May 2014.
4. "The Giller Prize expands its jury to
five people " , The Globe and Mail, 14
Jan 2015.
5. Boyne, John (19 July 2017). "At
Swim, Two Boys Is a Great Irish
Novel, a Gay Love Story but So Much
More" . The Irish Times. Retrieved
1 February 2019. "As a young gay
man behind a bookshop counter, I
watched the people who bought At
Swim, Two Boys—and there were a
lot of them—and used it as a tool for
flirtation." A reprint of John Boyne's
introduction to At Swim, Two Boys by
Jamie O'Neill.
6. Boyne, John (22 February 2018).
"John Boyne on Homosexuality and
Changing Attitudes" . WHSmith.
Retrieved 1 February 2019. "[...]not
because I had any issue with being
gay[...]"
7. Boyne, John (7 November 2014).
"John Boyne: 'The Catholic
priesthood blighted my youth and the
youth of people like me' " . The Irish
Times. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
"It's not easy to be a young, gay
teenager[...]"
8. "Reviewed by Sheila Hamilton in New
York Journal of Books" .
 9. Boyne, John (13 April 2019). "John
Boyne: Why I support trans rights but
reject the word 'cis' " . The Irish
Times. "I reject the word “cis” ... I
don’t consider myself a cis man; I
consider myself a man."
10. Gaden Gilmartin, Cassia (16 April
2019). "Irish Author John Boyne
Faces Backlash From Trans Activists
Over New Novel" . Gay Community
News.
11. Martin, Aoife (15 April 2019).
" 'Whether John Boyne likes it or not
he is a cis man with cis privilege' " .
12. Lynch, Donal (24 April 2018). " 'I was
warned not to go out alone' - author
John Boyne in gender-label row" .
Irish Independent.
13. O'Connor, Amy (16 April 2019). "John
Boyne deletes Twitter account after
trans article backlash" . The Irish
Times.
14. Rickets, Chris (20 April 2019). "John
Boyne flying flag for trans people
even if he is holding it upside down" .
The Irish Times.

External links
Official website
John Boyne page at Amazon.
 Interview
John Boyne at Fantastic Fiction
Boyne at Irish Writers Directory
Boyne at Irish Writers Online , "a
concise dictionary".
Review of This House is Haunted at
Upcoming4.me "literary magazine",
October 2013.
John Boyne at the Internet
Speculative Fiction Database
John Boyne at Library of Congress
Authorities, with 18 catalogue records

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