Sara Baume (born 1984) is an Irish novelist. She was named on Granta's Best of Young British Novelists list in 2023.
Biography Her father is of English descent while her mother is of Irish descent. As her parents travelled around in a caravan, Sara Baume was born "on the road to Wigan Pier". When she was four years old, they moved to County Cork, Ireland. She studied fine art at Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art and Design and creative writing at Trinity College Dublin from where she was awarded her MPhil. She has received a Literary Fellowship from the Lannan Foundation in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Her books are published by Tramp Press in Ireland and Heinemann in Britain.
In 2015, she participated in the International Writing Program's Fall Residency at the University of Iowa, in Iowa City, Iowa.
In 2023, she was named on Granta's Best of Young British Novelists list, compiled every 10 years since 1983, to identify the 20 most significant British novelists aged under 40.
Awards and honours
Literary awards YearTitleAwardCategoryResultRef.2015—Hennessy New Irish Writing Award——Rooney Prize for Irish Literature—Spill Simmer Falter WitherCosta Book AwardFirst NovelGeoffrey Faber Memorial Prize FictionGuardian First Book Award—Irish Book AwardSunday Independent Newcomer of the Year2016Desmond Elliott Prize—Kate O'Brien Award—2017Los Angeles Times Book PrizeArt Seidenbaum Award for First FictionBooklist Editors' ChoiceAdult BooksGoldsmiths Prize—2021handiworkRathbones Folio Prize—2022Seven SteeplesAn Post Irish Book AwardsEason Novel of the YearGoldsmiths Prize—2023Dylan Thomas Prize—
Other awards
Davy Byrne's Short Story Award for Solesearcher1, 2014
Novels
Notes (named for the Richard Long sculpture, A Line Made by Walking) References
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