Donal McLaughlin

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Donal McLaughlin


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Derry, Ireland
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Born in Derry in 1961, but resident in Scotland since 1970, Donal McLaughlin is a freelance writer and translator (from German, mainly).

Scottish PEN’s first écrivain sans frontières, a recipient of the Robert Louis Stevenson Memorial Award and a former Hawthornden Fellow, Donal has also represented the City of Glasgow in both Berne (Scottish Writing Fellow) and Nuremberg (Hermann Kesten Fellow).

Known for his short stories, a number of which have already appeared in translation, Donal published his first collection – an allergic reaction to national anthems & other stories – in September 2009. It was longlisted for the Frank O’Connor Short Story Award in 2010, and also nominated for the inaugural Readers’ Best First Book Award of the Edinbur
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Average rating: 3.64 · 235 ratings · 44 reviews · 20 distinct works
My Mother's Lover

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Naw Much of a Talker

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The Village Indian

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3.63 avg rating — 221 ratings — published 2008 — 12 editions
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My Father's Book

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3.60 avg rating — 163 ratings — published 2004 — 20 editions
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The Blue Soda Siphon

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Behind the Station

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3.85 avg rating — 94 ratings — published 2010 — 15 editions
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Heinrich Böll, "Die verlore...

3.45 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 1993 — 2 editions
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Beheading the Virgin Mary, ...

3.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions
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An Allergic Reaction to Nat...

2.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2009
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Language - Meaning - Social...

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