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Professor Roy Foster has published widely on Irish history and has taught at some of the world\u2019s most prestigious universities including University of London, Oxford, and Princeton. Foster\u2019s oeuvre includes a two-part biography of W.B. Yeats, which was awarded the 1998 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Biography, and Vivid Faces: The Revolutionary Generation in Ireland, 1890 -1923, which won a British Academy Medal and the Frokosch Prize from The American Historical Association. Other titles by Foster include Luck and the Irish: A Brief History of Change from 1970 and On Seamus Heaney.<\/p>\n
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In conferring the award, the Board of the Irish Book Awards stated:<\/strong><\/p>\n\u201cRoy Foster has been described as \u201cone of the most distinguished modern heirs of the great tradition of Anglo-Irish liberalism, which flows through Wolfe Tone and Charles Stewart Parnell to W.B. Yeats and on to such latter-day luminaries as the essayist Hubert Butler and the historian F.S.L. Lyons.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\nMany will remember the impact of his magisterial Modern Ireland 1600-1972, published in 1988, it sold in quantities more normally associated with writers like Maeve Binchy and Seamus Heaney. It has since become the definitive history of the period in which Irish history was dominated by the paradox that a largely Catholic country was governed by a constitutionally Protestant one. Triggering the widely-contested \u201crevisionism\u201d debate, it succeeded in demonstrating that Irish history was more than just the story of Irish nationalism.<\/em><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\nHis two-volume biography of W. B. Yeats was no less of a publishing phenomenon when it appeared in 1998 and 2003 and all his subsequent publications, such as Luck and the Irish and Vivid Faces: The Revolutionary Generation in Ireland, 1890\u20131923, have consolidated his position as a genuinely popular historian capable of reaching a huge readership.<\/em><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\nWidely admired in his own country for the wit, warmth, and eloquence he brings to the role of historian and public intellectual, Foster is a true internationalist who has taught at some of the world\u2019s most prestigious universities such as the University of London, Oxford, and Princeton.<\/em><\/p>\nFor all of the above reasons, the Board of the An Post Irish Book Awards wish to present the 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award to Roy Foster.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\nBrendan Corbett, Chairperson of the An Post Irish Book Awards, <\/strong>says:<\/p>\n\u201cThe Board of the An Post Irish Book Awards is delighted to present the 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award to Professor Roy Foster. Foster is an internationalist and his knowledge, brilliance and passion are apparent through his many publications. He has enabled Irish social and political history to be accessible to all and is an inspiration for both writers and historians alike.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\nFintan O’Toole, historian, literary editor, journalist and critic, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\u201cThe great writers are the ones who really make us think about ourselves. Roy Foster has been an absolutely crucial figure in making Irish people think about what it means to be Irish, and I think most people believe that he\u2019s done us a great service in making us think about the idea of being Irish as containing a lot of different identities and a lot of contradictions.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\nThe An Post Irish Book Awards celebrate and promote Irish writing to the widest range of readers possible. Each year it brings together a vast community passionate about books \u2013 readers, authors, booksellers, publishers and librarians \u2013 to recognise the very best of Irish writing talent across 20 categories. The winners will be announced on 22nd<\/sup> November 2023.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nThe categories are:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- TheJournal.ie Best Irish-Published Book of the Year<\/li>\n
- Bookselling Ireland Biography of the Year<\/li>\n
- Cookbook of the Year<\/li>\n
- Bookstation Lifestyle Book of the Year<\/li>\n
- Dubray Non-Fiction Book of the Year<\/li>\n
- Eason Sports Book of the Year in association with Ireland AM<\/li>\n
- Library Association of Ireland Author of the Year<\/li>\n
- Irish Independent Crime Fiction Book of the Year<\/li>\n
- Sunday Independent Newcomer of the Year<\/li>\n
- National Book Tokens Popular Fiction Book of the Year<\/li>\n
- Eason Novel of the Year<\/li>\n
- Foras na Gaeilge Irish Language Fiction Book of the Year Award<\/li>\n
- The Last Word Listeners\u2019 Choice Award<\/li>\n
- New Voices: The An Post Writing Prize<\/li>\n
- International Education Services Teen and Young Adult Book of the Year, in honour of John Treacy<\/li>\n
- Specsavers Children\u2019s Book of the Year \u2013 Junior<\/li>\n
- Specsavers Children\u2019s Book of the Year \u2013 Senior<\/li>\n
- Writing.ie Short Story of the Year<\/li>\n
- Listowel Writers\u2019 Week Poem of the Year<\/li>\n
- An Post Bookshop of the Year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
A one-hour television special, hosted by Oliver Callan, will be broadcast on RT\u00c9 One on 6th<\/sup> December giving viewers an exclusive insight into the six books and their authors competing for the accolade of \u2018An Post Irish Book Awards Book of the Year 2023\u2019, culminating in the reveal of this year\u2019s overall winner.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nFor further information, please visit to the An Post Irish Book Awards website or social media channels:<\/strong><\/p>\nwww.anpostirishbookawards.ie<\/a><\/p>\nFacebook: @AnPostIBAS<\/strong><\/p>\nInstagram: @anpost_irishbookawards<\/strong><\/p>\nTwitter: @AnPostIBAS<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Foster\u2019s award-winning literary career has spanned over four decades, with many published works including Modern Ireland 1600-1972, the two-volume W.B. Yeats: A Life and Vivid Faces: The Revolutionary Generation in Ireland 1890-1923 \u00a0 Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to Professor Foster at the annual An Post Irish Book Awards in Dublin on 22nd November […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2448,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniquemedia.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5390"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniquemedia.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniquemedia.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniquemedia.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniquemedia.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5390"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/uniquemedia.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5392,"href":"https:\/\/uniquemedia.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5390\/revisions\/5392"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniquemedia.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniquemedia.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniquemedia.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniquemedia.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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