Dermot Healy
Dermot Healy
Dermot Healywas an Irish novelist, playwright, poet and short story writer. A member of Aosdána, Healy was also part of its governing body, the Toscaireacht. Born in Finea, County Westmeath, he lived in County Sligo, and was described variously as a "master", a "Celtic Hemingway" and as "Ireland's finest living novelist"...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth18 July 1947
CountryIreland
lying truth-is
Truth is the lie you once told returning to haunt you
writing home office
I write mostly in my office in the shed outside at home, but it can get very cold. I write best on the train, among people. As a writer you spend so much time away from people.
teacher cities two
When I was 14 or 15, our teacher introduced us to Dickens' 'A Tale of Two Cities.' It was just for entertainment - we read it aloud - and all of a sudden it became a treasure.