Occupation Writer, Lecturer Role Novelist | Name David Butler | |
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Period Late 20th century - Early 21st century Genre Novel, Short Story, Play, Poetry Books An Aid to Reading Ulysses, The Judas Kiss, Via Crucis | ||
Education University College Dublin | ||
David Butler (born 1 January 1964) is an Irish novelist, short story writer, playwright, and poet. He has won several literary prizes, such as the Ted McNulty Award from Poetry Ireland and the Féile Filíochta International Award and the Fish Short Story Award.
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Reception
Butler's work has been generally well received by critics, with a reviewer for the Sunday Times describing the main character of The Judas Kiss as being "among the more outlandishly repulsive creations of recent Irish fiction." Author Pat McCabe wrote of City of Dis, which was shortlisted for the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year 2015, “David Butler's compelling mythic, metaphysical X-ray is beautifully written and ought to cement his already growing reputation.” while for the Kirkus Review, the award winning novel is “A dark romp featuring delightfully crackling dialogue and the mental gymnastics of a protagonist so on edge he tries to silence a yowling cat with poison.”
Awards and honors
Two-times' winner of the Maria Edgeworth Short Story Award