Claire Keegan

Standard Name: Keegan, Claire
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.

Connections

Connections Author name Excerpt
Textual Features Anne Enright
She included stories by Mary Lavin , Elizabeth Bowen , Edna O'Brien , Clare Boylan , Maeve Brennan , Anne Devlin , Claire Keegan , and Éilís Ní Dhuibhne .
Enright, Anne. The Forgotten Waltz. McClelland and Stewart, 2011.
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Texts

Keegan, Claire. Antarctica. Atlantic Monthly Press, 1999.
Keegan, Claire. Foster. Faber and Faber, 2010.
Keegan, Claire. Walk the Blue Fields. Black Cat, 2007.