David Butler (author) explained

David Butler
Birth Date:1964 1, df=yes
Birth Place:Dublin, Ireland
Occupation:Writer, lecturer, playwright, poet
Language:English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Russian, Irish
Nationality:Irish
Education:B.Eng (Mechanical), (Hon); Doctor of Philosophy (Ph D) in Spanish Literature
Alma Mater:University College Dublin (UCD)
Period:Late 20th century - Early 21st century
Genre:Novel, Short Story, Play, Poetry
Subject:Life in the margins
Portaldisp:yes
Notableworks:The Judas Kiss
Via Crucis
Selected Poems of Fernando Pessoa
The Last European

David Butler (born 1 January 1964) is an Irish novelist, short story writer, playwright, poet and actor. He has won several literary prizes, such as the Ted McNulty Award from Poetry Ireland and the Féile Filíochta International Award and the Fish Short Story Award.

Reception

Butler's work has been generally well received by critics,[1] [2] with a reviewer for the Sunday Times describing the main character of The Judas Kiss as being "among the more outlandishly repulsive creations of recent Irish fiction."[3] Author Pat McCabe wrote of City of Dis, which was shortlisted for the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year 2015, “David Butler's compelling mythic, metaphysical X-ray is beautifully written and ought to cement his already growing reputation.”[4] while for the Kirkus Review, the award-winning novel is “A dark romp featuring delightfully crackling dialogue and the mental gymnastics of a protagonist so on edge he tries to silence a yowling cat with poison.”[5]

Awards and honors

Two-times' winner of the Maria Edgeworth Short Story Award

Bibliography

Fiction

Poetry

Non-Fiction

Notes and References

  1. News: Smith. Michael. The many voices of nobody; Selected Poems of Fernando Pessoa . The Irish Times . 5 May 2004. David Butler. Dedalus Press. No tinkering here. Butler's version of the Selected Poems is as good an introduction to the enigmatic character of Pessoa's poetry as exists in English..
  2. Web site: Irish Emigrant . The Last European - David Butler . The Last European . The Irish Emigrant . 5 September 2005 . dead . 10 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151005005959/http://www.emigrant.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=51930&Itemid=372 . 5 October 2015 .
  3. Web site: Murdoch . Alan . Nice and Sleazy Does it . https://web.archive.org/web/20131203005007/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/ireland/article1134980.ece . dead . 3 December 2013 . The Judas Kiss . The Sunday Times . 30 September 2012 . David Butler . September 2012 . Malcolm Little is among the more outlandishly repulsive creations of recent Irish fiction..
  4. Web site: City of Dis . 3 October 2015 . 8 October 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151008085507/http://newisland.ie/product/city-of-dis/ . dead .
  5. Kirkus Review (18 August 2015) https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/david-butler/city-of-dis/
  6. Web site: Ted McNulty Prize. Poetry Ireland. 26 October 2012. 27 October 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121027143104/http://www.poetryireland.ie/publications/ted-mcnulty-prize.html. dead.

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