Brian doyle author biography

American writer

Brian James Patrick Doyle was an American writer.^[1][2] He was a recipient of the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature and three Pushcart Prizes.^[3][4]

He lived with his wife and three children in Portland, Oregon. In May , he died at the age of 60 due to a brain tumor.^[3][5]

Early life and career

He was born in in New York City to an Irish Catholic family.^[4] His mother, Ethel Clancey Doyle, was a teacher, and his father, James Doyle, was a journalist.^[6] Doyle credits becoming a writer to his father:

But in almost every class I am asked how I became a writer, and after I make my usual joke about it being a benign neurosis, as my late friend George Higgins once told me, I usually talk about my dad. My dad was a newspaperman, and still is, at age 92, a man of great grace and patience and dignity, and he taught me immensely valuable lessons. If you wish to be a writer, write, he would say. There are people who talk about writing and then there are people who sit down and type. Writing is fast typing. Also you must read like you are starving for ink. Read widely. Read everything. Read the Bible once a year or so, i

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Brian Doyle () Biography

Born , in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Education: Carleton College, B.A., ; graduate study at Ottawa University.

Career

Author, playwright, scriptwriter, educator. Worked variously as a journalist, waiter, taxi driver, driving instructor, office worker, bricklayer, and jazz singer. Teacher at Glebe Collegiate Institute (high school) and Ottawa Technical High School, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; head of English department at Glebe Collegiate; served on Ottawa Board of Education; member of faculty, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario. Military service: Canadian Naval Reserve,

Member

James Joyce Society of Ottawa (chairman).

Honors Awards

Book of the Year Award, Canadian Library Association (CLA), , for Up to Low, and , for Easy Avenue; three-time runner-up, Governor General's Literary Award, Canada Council; Mr. Christie's Book Award, Canadian Children's Book Centre/Communications Jeunesse, , for Covered Bridge; Vicky Metcalf Award, Canadian Authors Association, , for body of work; CLA Book of the Year Award, and Mr. Christie's Book Award, both , both for Uncle Ronald; Hans Christian Andersen Author Award shortlist, International Board on Books for Young People, ; National Chapter Award, Leishman Prize, Geoffrey Bilson Award nomination, Rugh

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Brian Doyle (Canadian writer)

Canadian writer

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Early life

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