Identity area
Reference code
IE LMOD 697
Title
1996 Colm Tóibín by Perry Ogden
Date(s)
- Twentieth Century (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
Photographic paper, ink. 28 x 35 cm
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
29/08/2011
Content and structure area
Scope and content
A black and white photographic portrait of Colm Tóibin in a room full of books with pages scattered on the ground taken by Perry Ogden.
Colm Tóibín stands in his office near Fitzwilliam Square. One of Ireland’s more astute commentators – and surely Dublin’s greatest networker – he was born in Wexford but has spent much of his life in the capital. Tóibín published his first novel, The South, in 1990, partly based on his experience of living in Barcelona. His other works include The Blackwater Lightship (1999) and a wonderful collection of short stories called The Empty Family (2010).