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John Boyne (born 30 April 1971) is an Irish novelist. [1] He is the author of sixteen novels for adults, six novels for younger readers, two novellas and one collection of short stories. His novels are published in over 50 languages.
John Boyne is one of the most successful and critically acclaimed novelists of his generation. In a career spanning more than 30 years, he has published 16 novels for adults, 6 novels for younger readers, a short story collection, and a picture book.
John Boyne is an Irish author known for his novels, particularly The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2006), a story that takes place during the Holocaust and follows the friendship between a German boy and a Jewish boy who is a prisoner at the Auschwitz concentration camp.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
- John Boyne’s First Book Wasthe Thief of Time
- John Boyne Studied English Literature and Creative Writing
- The Boy in The Striped Pajamas Has Sold 11 Million Copies Around The World
- His First Story Was Nominated For A Hennessy Literary Award in 1993
- His Books Have Been Translated Into More Than 50 Languages
- The Boy in The Striped Pajamas Was Made Into A Film in 2008
Boyne’s first novel was ‘The Thief of Time,’published in 2000. It was reissued (and published for the first time in the United States in 2008). The novel follows Matthieu Zela, who, in 1758, is fleeing Paris after witnessing the execution of two family members. He realizes in the coming years that he’s stopped aging and eventually reaches the incre...
John Boyne is an Irish author who attended Trinity College Dublin for his Bachelor’s in Arts and the University of East Anglia for his Master’s in Arts. He was also awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of East Anglia in 2015.
‘The Boy in the Striped Pajamas‘is, without a doubt, John Boyne’s best-known and most commonly read novel. It takes place during World War II and focuses on a nine-year-old protagonist, Bruno. His family moves from Berlin to Poland after his father receives a new job as the commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp. There, Bruno deals with con...
While John Boyne is far better known for his novels for adults and young readers than he is as a short story writer, he has published one complete collection of stories. Additionally, his first published work, prior to any of his novels, was a short story that was nominated for a Hennessy Literary Award in 1993.
John Boyne’s novels are read around the world. So far, they’ve been translated into more than 50 languages. His have an incredibly wide appeal. Many of them deal with young protagonists, around the age of nine or ten, dealing with tough, historically relevant struggles. ‘The Boy in the Striped Pajamas‘ is only one example. His ‘The Boy at the Top o...
‘The Boy in the Striped Pajamas,’or ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas,’was made into a film in 2008, directed by Mark Herman. It was based on Boyne’s novel and starred Vera Farmiga, David Thewlis, Asa Butterfield, Jack Scanlon, and others. The film stays very true to the novel, allowing Bruno (Asa Butterfield) as he learns about Auschwitz and struggl...
- The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. This is, without a doubt, Boyne’s best-known and commonly read novel. The story of ‘The Boy in the Striped Pajamas‘ follows a young boy, Bruno, who, along with his sister Gretel, and his mother and father, moves to a home outside of Auschwitz.
- All the Broken Places. ‘All the Broken Places‘ by John Boyne focuses on Gretel Fernsby, a ninety-one-year-old woman who has lived in the same block of London for decades.
- The Heart’s Invisible Furies. ‘The Heart’s Invisible Furies‘ is a more recent novel published in 2017 that follows the life and troubles of an adopted boy Cyril Avery.
- The Absolutist. ‘The Absolutist‘ is a deeply sad novel that follows Tristan Sadler, a twenty-one-year-old who travels to meet a fellow soldier’s sister in 1919.
I’ve published 14 novels for adults, 6 novels for younger readers, and a short story collection. The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas was a New York Times no.1 Bestseller and was adapted for a feature film, a play, a ballet and an opera, selling around 11 million copies worldwide.
Sep 7, 2021 · The author recounts writing around the clock and cutting out every ‘gimmick’. John Boyne: ‘I remain immensely proud of the novel.’. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times.
