萨莉·鲁尼
Sally RooneyUP：2021-01-05
萨莉·鲁尼个人资料
Rooney was born in Castlebar, County Mayo,[1] in 1991, and grew up there.[2] Her father worked for Telecom Éireann, and her mother ran an arts centre. Rooney has an older brother and a younger sister.[2] Rooney studied English at Trinity College, Dublin (TCD), where she was elected a scholar in 2011. She started (but did not complete) a master's degree in politics there, and completed a degree in American literature instead.[2]
Rooney was the top speaker at the European University Debating Championships in 2013.[3] Before becoming a writer, she worked for a restaurant in an administrative role.[3] She lives in Dublin.[2]
Career
Conversations with Friends
Rooney completed her first novel—which she has described as "absolute trash"—at the age of 15.[2] She began writing "constantly" in late 2014.[2] She completed her debut novel, Conversations with Friends, while still studying for her master's degree in American literature.[2] She wrote 100,000 words of the book in three months.[2]
Rooney signed with Tracy Bohan of the Wylie Agency, and Conversations with Friends was subject to a seven-party auction for its publishing rights,[2] which were eventually sold in 12 countries.[3] The novel was published in June 2017 by Faber and Faber.[2] It was nominated for the 2018 Swansea University International Dylan Thomas Prize,[4] and the 2018 Folio Prize, and won the 2017 Sunday Times/Peters Fraser & Dunlop Young Writer of the Year Award.[5]
Normal People
Rooney's second novel, Normal People, was published in September 2018, also by Faber & Faber.[6] The novel grew out of Rooney's exploration into the history between the two main characters of her short story "At the Clinic."[7] In July 2018, Normal People was longlisted for that year's Man Booker Prize.[8] On 27 November 2018, the work won "Irish Novel of the Year" at the Irish Book Awards[9] and was named Waterstones' Book of the Year for 2018.[10] In January 2019, it won the Costa Book Award for the Novel category.[11]
Rooney was the top speaker at the European University Debating Championships in 2013.[3] Before becoming a writer, she worked for a restaurant in an administrative role.[3] She lives in Dublin.[2]
Career
Conversations with Friends
Rooney completed her first novel—which she has described as "absolute trash"—at the age of 15.[2] She began writing "constantly" in late 2014.[2] She completed her debut novel, Conversations with Friends, while still studying for her master's degree in American literature.[2] She wrote 100,000 words of the book in three months.[2]
Rooney signed with Tracy Bohan of the Wylie Agency, and Conversations with Friends was subject to a seven-party auction for its publishing rights,[2] which were eventually sold in 12 countries.[3] The novel was published in June 2017 by Faber and Faber.[2] It was nominated for the 2018 Swansea University International Dylan Thomas Prize,[4] and the 2018 Folio Prize, and won the 2017 Sunday Times/Peters Fraser & Dunlop Young Writer of the Year Award.[5]
Normal People
Rooney's second novel, Normal People, was published in September 2018, also by Faber & Faber.[6] The novel grew out of Rooney's exploration into the history between the two main characters of her short story "At the Clinic."[7] In July 2018, Normal People was longlisted for that year's Man Booker Prize.[8] On 27 November 2018, the work won "Irish Novel of the Year" at the Irish Book Awards[9] and was named Waterstones' Book of the Year for 2018.[10] In January 2019, it won the Costa Book Award for the Novel category.[11]
