Gerard Donovan

Gerard Donovan was born in Wexford and grew up in Galway. His poetry collections include Columbus Rides Again (1992), Kings and Bicycles (1995) and The Light House (2000). Donovan is the author of three novels, Schopenhauer's Telescope (2003), Doctor Salt (2005) and Julius Winsome (2007). His début novel, Schopenhauer's Telescope (2003), was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2003 and won the Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award in 2004. A short story collection, Country of the Grand, was published by Faber in 2008. Gerard Donovan lives in New York.