Brian Moore (novelist)
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Brian Moore (August 25, 1921 - January 11, 1999) was a novelist. He published twenty novels, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize three times and also worked as a screenwriter.
Moore was born and grew up in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He emigrated to Canada in 1948 where he worked as a reporter for the Montreal Gazette. He became a Canadian citizen, and despite moving again to the United States in 1959, he maintained his citizenship.
Moore grew up a Roman Catholic but rejected the faith early in life. His novels had staunchly anti-Catholic themes and he in particular spoke strongly about the effect of the Church on life in Ireland, once saying that Ireland was "a nation of masturbators under priestly instruction."
His first novel, The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne, remains among his most highly regarded.
Brian Moore passed away in 1999 from pulmonary fibrosis.
Select novels
- The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1955)
- The Luck of Ginger Coffey (1960)
- I Am Mary Dunne (1968)
- Catholics (1972)
- Black Robe (1985)
- Lies of Silence (1990)
- The Statement (1996)
- The Colour of Blood (1996)
External links
- Obituary from the BBC (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/253500.stm)
- Review of his work from Channel 4 (http://www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/N/novel/novel_moore.html)