Colum McCann Biography

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NAME: Colum McCann
OCCUPATION: Author
BIRTH DATE: February 28, 1965 (Age: 47)
PLACE OF BIRTH: Dublin, Ireland
ZODIAC SIGN: Pisces

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Colum McCann is an Irish born writer best known for his works of fiction published as novels and short stories.

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Synopsis

Colum McCann was born February 28, 1965 in Dublin, Ireland. McCann's fictional writing ranges in topics, from This Side of Brightness, which he wrote after living with the homeless in New York City's subway tunnels. More recently, he published Let the Great World Spin, about several stories set in 1970's New York City.

Quotes

The world spins. We stumble on. It is enough.

– Colum McCann

Profile

Writer. Born February 28, 1965 in Dublin, Ireland. Colum McCann is an award-winning author of literary fiction. His novels include This Side of Brightness, which he researched by living with the homeless in the subway tunnels of Manhattan. Dancer, a fictional portrait of world-famous dancer Rudolf Nureyev, received the Irish Novel of the Year Award in 2003.

Colum McCann teaches creative writing at Hunter College at the City University of New York. He is also a contributor to The New York Times , The New Yorker and GQ, among other publications. He lives in New York with his wife and children.