Writing
Colm Tóibín
Born 1955-05-30 · Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland
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 the Folio Prize. His fellow artists elected him to Aosdána, and he won the biennial "UK and Ireland Nobel" David Cohen Prize in 2021. He succeeded Martin Amis as professor of creative writing at the University of Manchester. He was Chancellor of the University of Liverpool from 2017 to 2022. He is now Irene and Sidney B. Silverman Professor of the Humanities at Columbia University in Manhattan. Description above from the Wikipedia article Colm Tóibín, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Acting credits
7.1Delight 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
NRAn account of the life and work of Irish writer James Joyce (1882-1941) narrated by US actress Anjelica Huston.
Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street
2017
5.9A portrait of the brilliant American writer Truman Capote (1924-84) and the New York high society of his time.
The Capote Tapes
2021
NRA revelatory, biographical outline of the life and times of Ireland's greatest painter, Jack B. Yeats
Jack B. Yeats: The Man Who Painted Ireland
2021
Behind the camera
5.6Author 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
NRMusic teacher Noel is reunited briefly with his estranged mother during a local trad session. He must navigate his complicated past alongside his connection with new-found love, James.
A Song
2025
NRExploring the Nobel Prize winning 'bog poems' of Seamus Heaney and the wild Irish bog landscape. Written by novelist Colm Tóibín, the film features poem readings by Michelle Fairley and is narrated by Oscar nominated actor Ciarán Hinds.
Untameable
2023
NRWritten by Colm Toibin, Pale Sister is a powerful retelling of the classic tale of Antigone. Lisa Dwan stars in a tour-de-force performance directed by Sir Trevor Nunn.
Pale Sister
2021
NRA revelatory, biographical outline of the life and times of Ireland's greatest painter, Jack B. Yeats
Jack B. Yeats: The Man Who Painted Ireland
2021