Ireland
Guest of the book fair
He studied English literature in Dublin and Creative writing at the University of East Anglia. He is one of the most successful writers of his generation. In a career spanning over 30 years, he has published 15 novels for adults, 6 novels for younger readers and a collection of short stories. He has won numerous prestigious literary awards. His most famous book, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (Czech: Slovart, 2017), is a modern classic and has been adapted for film, theatre, opera and ballet. A sequel to this bestseller, All the Broken Places, was published in 2023. Books for young readers, such as The Boy at the Top of the Mountain (2017) and My Brother’s Name is Jessica (2020), and other titles for adults, such as A Traveller at the Gates of Wisdom (2021) and The Echo Chamber (2022), have also been published in Czech translation. His latest prose collection, The Elements, is forthcoming from Slovart Publishing in autumn 2024.
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