Brian Dillon (writer)
Brian Dillon | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1969 (age 56–57) |
| Education | |
| Occupation | Writer |
Brian Dillon (born 1969) is an Irish essayist, memoirist and non-fiction writer.
His writing has won the Irish Book Award for non-fiction and has been shortlisted for the Ondaatje Prize and the Wellcome Book Prize.[1]
He has written for The Guardian, The New York Times, London Review of Books, The New Yorker and Artforum.[1]
Life and Work
Dillon was born in Dublin. His mother died when he was 16 and his father when he was 21.[2]
He attended University College Dublin as an undergraduate before pursuing a PhD at Trinity College Dublin under the supervision of Thomas Docherty. When Docherty moved to the University of Kent in 1995, Dillon also moved and completed his PhD in Canterbury.[3] After his PhD and still living in Kent, Dillon began writing non-fiction.[4] During this time, he also taught literature and did not become a full time writer until 2003.[5] After leaving Kent, he lived for a period on the Barbican Estate.[4]
In 2013, he was the curator of an exhibition entitled "Curiosity: Art and the Pleasures of Knowing" at the Turner Contemporary in Margate. In 2014, he curated an exhibition called "Ruin Lust" at Tate Britain in London.[6]
He currently resides in London.[1]
Bibliography
Books:
- In the Dark Room (2005; republished 2017)
- Tormented Hope: Nine Hypochrondriac Lives (2010)
- Ruins (2011)
- Sanctuary (2011)
- I Am Sitting in a Room (2012)
- Objects in This Mirror: Essays (2014)
- The Great Explosion (2016)
- Essayism (2017)
- Suppose a Sentence (2020)
- Affinites (2023)
- Ambivalence (2026)
References
- 1 2 3 "Brian Dillon (Author Profile)". Fitzcarraldo Editions. Retrieved 20 August 2026.
- ↑ Morrison, Blake (3 June 2026). "Ambivalence by Brian Dillon review – an odd man out". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 August 2026.
- ↑ Dillon, Brian (2026). Ambivalence. Fitzcarraldo Editions.
- 1 2 "10 Questions with Brian Dillon". Literary Listings London. 7 May 2026. Retrieved 20 August 2026.
- ↑ "Brian Dillon (Author Profile)". RCW Literary Agency. Retrieved 20 August 2026.
- ↑ "About". Ruins of the 20th Century. 12 January 2009. Retrieved 21 August 2026.