Hogan

Hogan, Desmond. The Diamonds at the Bottom of the Sea and other Stories. London, Hamish Hamilton, 1979. ; Schutzumschlag / dust cover ISBN: 0241103649
Desmond Hogan (born 10 December 1950) is an Irish writer. Hogan was born in Ballinasloe in east County Galway, Ireland. His father was a draper. Educated locally at St. Grellan's Boys' National School and St. Josephs's College, Garbally Park. Some of his earliest work was published in The Fountain, the Garbally college annual. After leaving school, Hogan travelled to France, ending up in Paris just after the student riots of 1968 . He later studied at University College Dublin, where he received a BA in 1972 and an MA in 1973. In 1971 he won the Hennessy Award. The Irish Writers' Co-operative, formed by writer Fred Johnston, Neil Jordan and playwright Peter Sheridan at a meeting in a Dublin restaurant, were to publish Hogan's 'The Ikon Maker', which was also the Co-op's first publication. While in Dublin, he worked as a street actor and had a number of plays - A Short Walk to the Sea, Sanctified Distances, and The Squat - produced in the Abbey Theatre and the Project Arts Centre. RTE and BBC Radio broadcast some of his plays, including Jimmy. He also published stories in small magazines like Adam and the Transatlantic Review. Later he moved to London, living in Tooting, Catford and Hounslow and then later as a lodger in the Hampstead home of Anthony Farrell, a young Irish publisher. Friends and acquaintances from this period included: writer Jaci Stephen, biographer Patrick Newley, Kazuo Ishiguro and his partner, Lorna. Hogan also participated in poetry and literature readings held at Bernard Stone's Turrett Bookshop on Floral Street in Covent Garden. His debut novel, The Ikon-Makers, was written in 1974 and published in 1976. In 1977, he was the recipient of the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature. In 1978, he participated in the Santa Cruz Writers Conference. In the early 1980s, Hogan was represented by the Deborah Rogers agency, which also had Peter Carey, Bruce Chatwin, Ian McEwan and Salman Rushdie on its books. In 1980, he won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize for his Diamonds at the Bottom of the Sea collection of short stories. In 1981, he appeared in Granta. In 1989, Hogan left London and was a Hudson Strode Fellow at the University of Alabama. In 1991, Hogan was awarded a place on the DAAD (German Academic Exchange) Berlin Artists' Programme fellowship which enabled him to live in that city. Hogan returned to Ireland in 1995, living in Clifden, Co. Galway. For a period, he lived in an old caravan in Co. Limerick along North Kerry/West Limerick border. In 1997, he lectured in short fiction at the University of California, San Diego. He was a judge in the 2005 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Prize worth EUR50,000. Hogan features in a number of major anthologies of modern Irish literature. Colm Toibin has identified 'Winter Swimmers' as one of his finest stories. According to Robert McCrum, former Literary Editor of The Observer, Hogan is one of "one of Ireland's finest writers". Fellow Irish author, Colum McCann, claims that Hogan, along with Benedict Kiely, is one of two Irish writers who have influenced him greatly . (Wikipedia)

8°. 181 pages. First Edition. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good + condition with only minor traces of foxing. From the library of irish photographer John Minihan. The book comes with a handwritten / autograph letter from Desmond Hogan to John Minihan regarding photographs of himself which John took.

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Hogan, Desmond. The Edge of the City - A Scrapbook 1976-91. London, faber and faber, 1993. ; Schutzumschlag / dust cover ISBN: 0571168817
Desmond Hogan (born 10 December 1950) is an Irish writer. Hogan was born in Ballinasloe in east County Galway, Ireland. His father was a draper. Educated locally at St. Grellan's Boys' National School and St. Josephs's College, Garbally Park. Some of his earliest work was published in The Fountain, the Garbally college annual. After leaving school, Hogan travelled to France, ending up in Paris just after the student riots of 1968 . He later studied at University College Dublin, where he received a BA in 1972 and an MA in 1973. In 1971 he won the Hennessy Award. The Irish Writers' Co-operative, formed by writer Fred Johnston, Neil Jordan and playwright Peter Sheridan at a meeting in a Dublin restaurant, were to publish Hogan's 'The Ikon Maker', which was also the Co-op's first publication. While in Dublin, he worked as a street actor and had a number of plays - A Short Walk to the Sea, Sanctified Distances, and The Squat - produced in the Abbey Theatre and the Project Arts Centre. RTE and BBC Radio broadcast some of his plays, including Jimmy. He also published stories in small magazines like Adam and the Transatlantic Review. Later he moved to London, living in Tooting, Catford and Hounslow and then later as a lodger in the Hampstead home of Anthony Farrell, a young Irish publisher. Friends and acquaintances from this period included: writer Jaci Stephen, biographer Patrick Newley, Kazuo Ishiguro and his partner, Lorna. Hogan also participated in poetry and literature readings held at Bernard Stone's Turrett Bookshop on Floral Street in Covent Garden. His debut novel, The Ikon-Makers, was written in 1974 and published in 1976. In 1977, he was the recipient of the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature. In 1978, he participated in the Santa Cruz Writers Conference. In the early 1980s, Hogan was represented by the Deborah Rogers agency, which also had Peter Carey, Bruce Chatwin, Ian McEwan and Salman Rushdie on its books. In 1980, he won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize for his Diamonds at the Bottom of the Sea collection of short stories. In 1981, he appeared in Granta. In 1989, Hogan left London and was a Hudson Strode Fellow at the University of Alabama. In 1991, Hogan was awarded a place on the DAAD (German Academic Exchange) Berlin Artists' Programme fellowship which enabled him to live in that city. Hogan returned to Ireland in 1995, living in Clifden, Co. Galway. For a period, he lived in an old caravan in Co. Limerick along North Kerry/West Limerick border. In 1997, he lectured in short fiction at the University of California, San Diego. He was a judge in the 2005 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Prize worth EUR50,000. Hogan features in a number of major anthologies of modern Irish literature. Colm Toibin has identified 'Winter Swimmers' as one of his finest stories. According to Robert McCrum, former Literary Editor of The Observer, Hogan is one of "one of Ireland's finest writers". Fellow Irish author, Colum McCann, claims that Hogan, along with Benedict Kiely, is one of two Irish writers who have influenced him greatly . (Wikipedia)

8°. X, 193 pages. First Edition. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good + condition with only minor traces of foxing. From the library of irish photographer John Minihan. Beautifully inscribed by Desmond Hogan on the front free endpaper.

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Hogan, Desmond. The Leaves on Grey. London, Hamish Hamilton, 1980. ; Schutzumschlag / dust cover ISBN: 0241103649
Desmond Hogan (born 10 December 1950) is an Irish writer. Hogan was born in Ballinasloe in east County Galway, Ireland. His father was a draper. Educated locally at St. Grellan's Boys' National School and St. Josephs's College, Garbally Park. Some of his earliest work was published in The Fountain, the Garbally college annual. After leaving school, Hogan travelled to France, ending up in Paris just after the student riots of 1968 . He later studied at University College Dublin, where he received a BA in 1972 and an MA in 1973. In 1971 he won the Hennessy Award. The Irish Writers' Co-operative, formed by writer Fred Johnston, Neil Jordan and playwright Peter Sheridan at a meeting in a Dublin restaurant, were to publish Hogan's 'The Ikon Maker', which was also the Co-op's first publication. While in Dublin, he worked as a street actor and had a number of plays - A Short Walk to the Sea, Sanctified Distances, and The Squat - produced in the Abbey Theatre and the Project Arts Centre. RTE and BBC Radio broadcast some of his plays, including Jimmy. He also published stories in small magazines like Adam and the Transatlantic Review. Later he moved to London, living in Tooting, Catford and Hounslow and then later as a lodger in the Hampstead home of Anthony Farrell, a young Irish publisher. Friends and acquaintances from this period included: writer Jaci Stephen, biographer Patrick Newley, Kazuo Ishiguro and his partner, Lorna. Hogan also participated in poetry and literature readings held at Bernard Stone's Turrett Bookshop on Floral Street in Covent Garden. His debut novel, The Ikon-Makers, was written in 1974 and published in 1976. In 1977, he was the recipient of the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature. In 1978, he participated in the Santa Cruz Writers Conference. In the early 1980s, Hogan was represented by the Deborah Rogers agency, which also had Peter Carey, Bruce Chatwin, Ian McEwan and Salman Rushdie on its books. In 1980, he won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize for his Diamonds at the Bottom of the Sea collection of short stories. In 1981, he appeared in Granta. In 1989, Hogan left London and was a Hudson Strode Fellow at the University of Alabama. In 1991, Hogan was awarded a place on the DAAD (German Academic Exchange) Berlin Artists' Programme fellowship which enabled him to live in that city. Hogan returned to Ireland in 1995, living in Clifden, Co. Galway. For a period, he lived in an old caravan in Co. Limerick along North Kerry/West Limerick border. In 1997, he lectured in short fiction at the University of California, San Diego. He was a judge in the 2005 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Prize worth EUR50,000. Hogan features in a number of major anthologies of modern Irish literature. Colm Toibin has identified 'Winter Swimmers' as one of his finest stories. According to Robert McCrum, former Literary Editor of The Observer, Hogan is one of "one of Ireland's finest writers". Fellow Irish author, Colum McCann, claims that Hogan, along with Benedict Kiely, is one of two Irish writers who have influenced him greatly . (Wikipedia)

8°. 119 pages. First Edition. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good + condition with only minor traces of foxing to the upper edge. From the library of irish photographer John Minihan. The book comes with a handwritten postcard from Desmond Hogan to John Minihan.

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Hogan, Eileen illustrated by Eileen Hogan: The Poetry Box, part of the 'Acts of Renewal' Exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum's Toshiba Gallery from February 20 to March 31 2002, , London Published by The Pit Pony Press , 2003 ISBN: 0954448901
20 x 15.5 x 11 cm

This is truely a unique and fresh anthology of work, based on the Japanese poetry card game, uta karuta. It is in two parts, one 18- paged solution book with artist's introduction and the second part contains 80 cards, half show the first line of a poem on white card and a colour visual reference to the poet, the other half shows the last line on grey card and an image relating to the poem's content, one must match the pairs., booklet SIGNED and with a personal dedication by Eileen Hogan on the title page, in clear plastic box with drawers Limited Edition of 50 signed copies, this being No. 16 20 x 15.5 x 11 cm Hardback SIGNED by the artist, Eileen Hogan , contents in fine condition, presentation box is just slightly rubbed at edges, in very good condition , clear plastic box, inside a bright pink card presentation box

[SW: Hogan, Eileen, The Poetry Box, part of the 'Acts of Renewal' Exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum's Toshiba Gallery from February 20 to March 31 2002]

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