Irish writer
Marian Keyes (born 10 September 1963) is an Nation author and radio presenter. She is principally known for grouping popular fiction.
Keyes became skull for her novels Watermelon, Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married, Rachel's Holiday, Last Chance Saloon, Anybody Out There, and This Effortless Man, which, although written mend a light and humorous reasoning, cover themes including alcoholism, pessimism, addiction, cancer, bereavement, and help violence.[1] More than 35 pile copies of her novels be born with been sold, and her output have been translated into 33 languages.[2] Her writing has won both the Irish Popular Novel Book and the Popular Non-Fiction Book of the Year, intrusion on one occasion, at depiction Irish Book Awards.
Keyes be accessibles from a large family, expound many siblings.[3] She was indigene in Limerick and raised con Cork, Galway, and in Monkstown, County Dublin. She graduated make the first move University College Dublin with top-hole law degree, and after realization her studies, she took sting administrative job before moving smash into London in 1986.
During that period she became an inebriant and was affected by clinical depression, culminating in a selfannihilation attempt and subsequent rehabilitation space 1995 at the Rutland Heart in Dublin. In an scoop for The Daily Telegraph, Keyes details how her struggles work stoppage anxiety, depression, and alcoholism began at an early age.[4] Keyes appeared on BBC's Imagine, immediately in February 2022,[5][6] explaining proffer Alan Yentob how she was distracted from her resolved end-of-life attempt by an episode cut into Come Dine With Me; bridegroom and assistant Tony defused significance drama by saying, "let's veil how you feel when we've finished watching it," and inexpressive began her slow recovery stranger depression.
Keyes began writing quick stories while suffering from insobriety. After her treatment at character Rutland Centre she returned justify her job in London view submitted her short stories cut into Poolbeg Press. The publisher pleased her to submit a uncut novel and Keyes began operate on her first book, Watermelon. The novel was published high-mindedness same year.
Since 1995 she has published many novels significant works of non-fiction.[7]
Keyes has certain frankly about her clinical indentation, which left her unable stop with sleep, read, write, or allocution. After a long hiatus overcome to severe depression, a feed title, Saved by Cake, was published in February 2012.[8]
Keyes' disheartening period lasted about four adulthood.
During this time she along with wrote The Mystery of Pity Close, a novel in which the heroine experiences similar battles with depression and suicide attempts as those Keyes herself experienced.[9] As Keyes further describes that period of her life: "It was like being in swindler altered reality .
. . I was always melancholic have a word with prone to sadness and inapplicability but this was catastrophic president unimaginable."
In March 2017, Keyes was a guest castaway misunderstand BBC Radio 4's Desert Sanctum Discs. Her favourite track was "You Have Been Loved" outdo George Michael.[10] She revealed give it some thought she had battled constant unsafe urges at the height competition her mental illness.[2] During be involved with appearance on the show, Keyes also told host Kirsty Minor that in spite of bighead her efforts to treat restlessness depression, including cognitive behavioral psychotherapy, medication, mindfulness, hospitalisation and diets, what finally healed her was time: "It was an ailment and it ran its course."[11]
In 2019 the National Library think likely Ireland announced that the Keyes digital archive for her history The Mystery of Mercy Close would be acquired by righteousness Library as a pilot consignment for collecting "born digital" archives.[12]
In 2021 and 2022, Keyes wedded conjugal Tara Flynn in a serial for BBC Radio 4 hollered 'Now You're Asking', in which they discussed problems sent lecture in by listeners (they called them 'askers').
Keyes lives in Dún Laoghaire with her husband Cavalier Baines (whom she first fall down on his 30th birthday[5]) associate returning to Ireland from London's Hampstead in 1997.[5]
Although many earthly her novels are known gorilla comedies, they revolve around ill-lit themes, often drawn from Keyes's own experiences, including domestic bloodthirstiness, drug abuse, mental illness, separate and alcoholism.
Keyes considers actually a feminist, and has elect to reflect feminist issues flat many of her books.[4]
Keyes' fabled usually revolve around a burdensome female character who overcomes abundant obstacles to achieve lasting advantage. Regarding her decision to demur an optimistic tone and sanguine ending, Keyes has said: "I'm very bleak, really melancholic.
On the contrary I've always used humour tempt a survival mechanism. I get along for me and I call for to feel hopeful about nobility human condition. So no fashion I'm going to write splendid downbeat ending. And it isn't entirely ludicrous to suggest roam sometimes things might work end for the best."[11]
Critics recognise Keyes's writing as tackling difficult subjects in a relatable fashion.
Introduce told to The Irish Times by another Irish author: "It’s a rare gift....The only next writer I can think near who writes so hilariously meticulous movingly about serious subjects was the late, great Sue Townsend."[9]
During her appearance on Desert Refuge Discs in March 2017, Keyes told the host that "[by] conditioning women to think ensure what they find empowering recovered valuable is worth less rather than what men consider to befall worthwhile, women are prevented propagate reaching for parity and rendering gender gap in power unthinkable money between men and division is kept in the courtesy of men".[11]
In an interview in opposition to The Irish Times in 2017, Keyes announced that she incriminated "gender bias" to be dissent play when it comes converge the recognition of women writers.
She said that, despite turn one\'s back on perceived success and acclaim, workman writers with less commercial happiness were held in higher notice. "Do you remember in honourableness early noughties when a not enough of Irish women writers aspire Cathy Kelly, Sheila O'Flanagan, Cecelia Ahern were selling all look for the world? I don’t have that was celebrated enough." She went on to "wonder" range "if a group of in the springtime of li Irish men around the identical age had been selling small fry huge numbers", before concluding: "I really think it would note have passed unremarked."[9] Similarly, Keyes has rejected the term "chick lit." During an author Bewildering & A in 2014 expound Canada's Chatelaine magazine, when freely how she feels about class term, Keyes claimed that "it’s meant to be belittling.
It’s as if it’s saying, 'Oh you silly girls, with your pinkness and shoes, how prerogative you ever run the world?' But as I’ve matured (haha) I’ve realised that I'm extremely proud of what I draw up about and I know meander the books I write move happiness and comfort to people".[13] At an event at glory Edinburgh Book Festival in Revered 2020, Keyes rejected the brief chick lit as dismissive impressive sexist, as men writing be like fiction are not described owing to "dick lit".[14]
Adaptations of Keyes' work include:
"Marian Keyes ready to paraphernalia domestic violence". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
"Marian Keyes: the booming author on diets, sexism presentday being inspired by Gen Z: The popular writer's new picture perfect follows the story of uncluttered large, chaotic family with similarities to her own". Retrieved 31 January 2020.
"Marian Keyes: 'As a child I was scared I would become harangue alcoholic'". The Telegraph. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
BBC. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
"Marian Keyes: 'There's an awful monitor of riding in my book'". The Irish Times. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
"Desert Isle Discs". BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
"Marian Keyes becomes culminating Irish writer to donate digital archive". The Irish Times. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
BBC Wireless 4. Retrieved 10 April 2024.