Writer John Boyne: biography and personal life

John Boyne is a writer whose name is known all over the world thanks to his work. He received recognition not only from readers, his works were awarded the most prestigious awards in the world of literature.

Life path: the beginning of a career

John Boyne was born in Dublin, Ireland on April 30, 1971. Here, in the capital of the country, he began his studies. In college Trinity with enthusiasm and enthusiasm, the young writer began his acquaintance with the literature of England. Boyne studied the works of English writers, which later had a favorable effect on his work.

After graduating from college, he continued his studies at the University of Norwich, which is located in eastern England. It was here that John Boyne began to comprehend the basics of writing skills. Fate gave the man a meeting with the classic of modern English literature Malcolm Bradbury (now deceased). Moreover, he was his teacher, shared with his pupil all the secrets of mastery.

As a university student, Boyne was awarded his first significant prize named after Curtis Brown. This award is awarded only to students for the best work written in prose.

Early Creativity

As already mentioned, Boyne began writing in his student years, and very successfully. He became famous as a writer of interesting stories. It was with this genre that his writing career began. Actively published it began at the age of 20 years.

His very first story, The Entertainments Jar, was seen and nominated for an Irish Hennessy award. More than 70 produced later wrote John Boyne, whose biography as a famous writer began to quickly fill with new creative projects and awards.

A novel that brought worldwide fame

"The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" is the name of the novel that the writer told the world about himself. This was one of Boyne's first works in this genre. The novel was published in 2006 and immediately received two Irish Awards: the Irish Book Awards and the Bisto Book of the Year. Boine was nominated for several awards in the world of literature. Thanks to such achievements, the novel was recognized as the best book of the year.

But that's not all: for 80 weeks the "Boy in the Striped Pajamas" headed the list of the most read books in Ireland, becoming a best-selling book. The book was translated into 46 languages, later it was read by more than 5 million people. The popularity of the book attracted the attention of filmmakers, and the novel was filmed by Miramax. It is noteworthy that the film was also awarded several prestigious awards in the world of motion picture art.

Mathieu Zell - favorite hero of the writer's works

The genre of fiction takes a special place in the work of John Boyne. He made his debut with the work "The Abductor of Eternity". It was in this novel that Mathieu Zell first appeared. This hero is immortal: born in 1743 and being 256 years old, he is looking for the meaning of his long life. The long-liver saw a lot: the Olympic Games, the French Revolution, the Great Exhibition, which was in 1851, and much more. Like any man, he dreams of a pure and bright true love.

It is noteworthy that this hero with an enviable periodicity will feature in other novels of John Boyne, and they have eight.

John Boyne: personal life

At the moment, the writer lives in his hometown, in Dublin. His personal life he carefully conceals from the press, preferring to talk only about his work.

And he works a lot and actively. Now the writer is a coordinator in one of the bookstores in Dublin, called Waterstone's. His duties include the organization of book exhibitions, meetings with writers, acquaintance of shop attendees with novelties of literature.

Having received good skills of writing skills, now he willingly shares his knowledge with novice writers, is engaged in teaching activities at the University of East Anglia (here he received a grant in 2005).

The work of the writer includes writing book reviews, so he regularly works with the book companies The Irish Times, The Irish Book Review.

The author does not hide that in addition to writing (and he is still working on his new works), he loves and honors. Among his favorite authors are Charles Dickens, Patricia Highsmith, Tobias Wolf, Philip Roth, John Irving.

John Boyne is a popular novelist. In the creative heritage of this brilliant man, there are many stories, short stories and novels for both children and adults. His last works: "Stop, and then go away" for children and "This house with ghosts" (for adults) only increased its popularity.

Fans of creativity John Boyne look forward to the release of new works to plunge into the world of fantasy and unusual adventures, to enjoy new, exciting stories, to witness the birth of new heroes. According to the author, in the near future fans will be able to do it: new works are already on the way. Let's wish John Boyne creative inspiration!