Conor O’Clery has won the 2020 Royal Irish Academy Michel Déon Prize for nonfiction for his book The Shoemaker and his Daughter. “The Michel Déon Prize supports modern writers of nonfiction and new artists who seek to develop and strengthen their cultural work. Conor O’Clery and his wife Zhanna in the newsroom of The Irish Times after a presentation to mark his retirement. Photograph: Eric LukeThe Michel Déon Prize was created in 2018. Last December, the Académie française awarded their Michel Déon prize to novelist Stéphane Hoffmann for Les Belles Ambitieuses.

Source: The Irish Times September 29, 2020 18:56 UTC