Colm Tóibín (Irish pronunciation: [ˈkɔl̪ˠəmˠ t̪ˠoːˈbʲiːnʲ]; born 30 May 1955) is an Irish novelist, short story writer, essayist, playwright, journalist, critic and poet.Tóibín is currently Irene and Sidney B. Silverman Professor of the Humanities at Columbia University and succeeded Martin Amis as professor of creative writing at the University of Manchester. He was appointed Chancellor of Liverpool University in 2017. Hailed as a champion of minorities as he collected the 2011 Irish PEN Award, that same year The Observer named him one of Britain's Top 300 Intellectuals despite being Irish. Wikipedia
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