Colm Tóibín

Writing

Colm Tóibín

Born

1955-05-30 (71)

Place of birth

Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland

Known for

Writing

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12 titles

Colm Tóibín (/ˈkʌləm toʊˈbiːn/ KUL-əm toh-BEEN, Irish: [ˈkɔl̪ˠəmˠ t̪ˠoːˈbʲiːnʲ]; born 30 May 1955) is an Irish novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist, critic, playwright and poet. His first novel, The South, was published in 1990. The Blackwater Lightship was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. The Master (a fictionalised version of the inner life of Henry James) was also shortlisted for the Booker Prize and won the 2006 International Dublin Literary Award, securing for Toíbín a bounty of thousands of euros, as it is one of the richest literary awards in the world. Nora Webster won the Hawthornden Prize, whilst The Magician (a fictionalised version of the life of Thomas Mann) won …

Known for

The Meaning of Life poster
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The Meaning of Life is an Irish television programme, the first series of which was broadcast on RTÉ One in 2009. It is presented by the veteran broadcaster Gay Byrne. Each episode involves Byrne interviewing a well-known public figure. The series is broadcast each Sunday night at 22:20. In 2010 The Meaning of Life returned for both a second and, later, a third series. Interviews with former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and actors Gabriel Byrne and Brenda Fricker during the second series attracted media attention when they spoke of their religious habits and child sexual abuse respectively. Gay Byrne appeared on The Late Late Show on 18 December 2009 to discuss the programme. A fourth series soon followed. Then a fifth series from January 2012. And a sixth in October 2012. And a seventh in January 2013.

The Meaning of Life

2009

Jane Austen: Rise of a Genius poster
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An immersive look at how a young woman from a small village in 18th-century England became one of the UK's best-loved novelists.

Jane Austen: Rise of a Genius

2025

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Palabra de...

2026

Return to Montauk poster
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Author Max Zorn, now in his early 60s, is on a promotional book tour in New York when he encounters the woman he could never forget. They spend a weekend together, seventeen years have passed. Can there be a future for their past?

Return to Montauk

2017

Turn Every Page - The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb poster
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Delight in the fascinating, intersecting stories of the iconic Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert Caro and his editor of 50 years, the literary giant Robert Gottlieb, as they race to complete their life's work.

Turn Every Page - The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb

2022

The Capote Tapes poster
5.9

A portrait of the brilliant American writer Truman Capote (1924-84) and the New York high society of his time.

The Capote Tapes

2021

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