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Biography
Roddy Doyle was born on 8 May 1958 in Dublin, Ireland. He is a BAFTA winning writer and producer, known for The Commitments (1991), Family (1994) and Rosie (2018). He is married to Belinda. They have three children.
Awards & recognition
- honorary doctorate · 2009
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature · 2003
- Booker Prize · 1993
- AWB Vincent Literary Award
- Irish PEN Award
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- James Joyce Awards
- Booker Prize · 1991 · nominated
