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Lucy Caldwell

1981 -

Lucy Caldwell, born in Belfast, is a playwright and a novelist. She is the author of numerous radio dramas, three novels and a collection of short stories. Awards include the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature, the Dylan Thomas Prize, the George Devine Award for Most Promising Playwright, the Susan Smith Blackburn Award, the Imison Award, as Fiction Uncovered Award and a Major Individual Artist Awards from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. She was shortlisted for the 2012 BBC International Short Story Award and won the Commonwealth Witers' Award (Canada and Europe) in 2014.

Playwriting Credits

Play Title Playwright
Carnival Lucy Caldwell
Guardians Lucy Caldwell
Hier Soir, Demain Soir (Last Night, Tomorrow Night) Lucy Caldwell
Leaves Lucy Caldwell
Notes to Future Self Lucy Caldwell
The Luthier Lucy Caldwell

Adaptations

Play Title Playwright
Bog People Nicola McCartney Lucy Caldwell Francis Turnly Seamus Heaney
Three Sisters Lucy Caldwell Anton Chekhov