Gerard Beirne
Gerard Beirne | |
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| Born | October 30, 1962 County Tipperary, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Citizenship | Irish, Canadian |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Dublin |
| Notable awards | Sunday Tribune New Irish Writer of the Year, 1996 |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 4, including Luke Francis Beirne |
Gerard Beirne is an Irish author and literary editor. He is a fiction editor for The Fiddlehead and curates the online magazine The Irish Literary Times.
In 2008, Beirne served as Writer in Residence at the University of New Brunswick, where he taught creative writing. Beirne currently teaches on the BA Writing and Literature Program at the Atlantic Technological University in Sligo.