Claire Keegan

The writing style of CK , contemporary Irish short-story writer, is minimalist, and she does not often discuss her process, giving a definite sense that she would prefer not to have to comment on her work at all.
O’Hagan, Sean. “Claire Keegan: ’Short stories are limited. I’m cornered into writing what I can’”. The Guardian, 5 Sept. 2010.
She has been compared stylistically to Ernest Hemingway , particularly in her preference for leaving much unmentioned, and has said that a lot of my work goes into taking any traces of my labours out.
O’Hagan, Sean. “Claire Keegan: ’Short stories are limited. I’m cornered into writing what I can’”. The Guardian, 5 Sept. 2010.
She believes that the work . . . is its own explanation.
O’Hagan, Sean. “Claire Keegan: ’Short stories are limited. I’m cornered into writing what I can’”. The Guardian, 5 Sept. 2010.
She prefers the short story genre.
  • BirthName: Claire Keegan

Milestones

1968

Claire Keegan was born in County Wicklow, Ireland, which is part of the ancient province of Leinster. She is the youngest of a large Roman Catholic family.
O’Hagan, Sean. “Claire Keegan: ’Short stories are limited. I’m cornered into writing what I can’”. The Guardian, 5 Sept. 2010.

23 August 1999

CK 's first book, Antarctica, a collection of short stories, was published in the USA.
Keegan, Claire. Antarctica. Atlantic Monthly Press, 1999.
Blackwell’s Online Bookshop. http://Bookshop.Blackwell.co.uk.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

Biography

Birth and Childhood

1968

Claire Keegan was born in County Wicklow, Ireland, which is part of the ancient province of Leinster. She is the youngest of a large Roman Catholic family.
O’Hagan, Sean. “Claire Keegan: ’Short stories are limited. I’m cornered into writing what I can’”. The Guardian, 5 Sept. 2010.

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