Hugo Hamilton
Hugo Hamilton was born in Dublin of Irish-German parentage. He has brought elements of his dual identity to his novels Surrogate City (London, Faber & Faber,1990); The Last Shot (Faber & Faber, 1991); and The Love Test (Faber & Faber, 1995).
His stories were collected as Dublin Where the Palm Trees Grow (Faber & Faber, 1996). His later novels are Headbanger (London, Secker & Warburg, 1996); Sad Bastard (Secker & Warburg, 1998); and Disguise (London, Fourth Estate, 2008).
He has also published a memoir of his Irish-German childhood, The Speckled People (Fourth Estate, 2003); and its sequel, The Sailor in the Wardrobe (Fourth Estate, 2006).
In 1992, he was awarded the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature.
He lives in Dublin.
