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Dermot Healy was born in Westmeath in 1947, and is an Irish novelist, playwright and poet. He has written nine plays, and five anthologies of poetry. He is also the author of BANISHED MISFORTUNE, A GOATSONG, FIGHTING WITH SHADOWS, THE BEND FOR HOME (a memoir), SUDDEN TIMES and most recently LONG TIME, NO SEE.

His awards include the Hennessy Award (1974 and 1976) for Short Stories; the Tom Gallon Award (1983); the Encore Award (1995). He was the winner of the 2002 America Ireland Literary Award, which was funded by the America Ireland Fund and given in recognition of his contribution to Irish letters.

Dermot is currently a member of Aosdána and of its governing body, the Toscaireacht, and lives on the West Coast of County Sligo, Ireland.