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科尔姆·托宾(Colm Tóibín)是当代爱尔兰文坛的新锐作家之一。他1955年生于爱尔兰韦克斯福德郡的一个教师家庭,1975年毕业于都柏林大学学院,主修历史和英文专业。从1980年开始,托宾先后在《在都柏林》、《麦吉尔》等杂志社担任编辑,并为《泰晤士报文学评论副刊》等写稿。1990年,托宾出版了小说处女作《南方》(The South),其后又发表了《黑水灯塔船》(The Blackwater Lightship)、《大师》(The Master)、《布鲁克林》(Brooklyn)等小说佳作。其中出版于2004年的《大师》获得了国际IMPAC都柏林文学奖、法国最佳外国小说奖、《洛杉矶时报》年度小说奖等奖项以及英国布克奖提名。
Colm Tóibín is one of the newcomers to contemporary Irish literature. Born in 1955 in a family of teachers in Wexford County, Ireland, he graduated from Dublin University College in 1975 with a major in history and English majoring. Since 1980, Tobin has served as an editor in magazines such as “In Dublin” and “McGill”, and wrote articles for The Times Literary Review Supplement. Tobin published the novel The South in 1990 and later The Blackwater Lightship, The Master, Brooklyn, etc. Novel masterpiece. Among them, the “Master” published in 2004 won awards such as the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Prize, the French Best Foreign Novel Award, the Los Angeles Times Annual Novel Award and the British Booker Prize.