Alan Murrin
IrishLiterary Fiction
Alan Murrin is an Irish fiction writer based in Berlin. He is a graduate of the prose fiction masters at the University of East Anglia. His debut novel, The Coast Road (2024), won the Irish Book Awards Newcomer of the Year 2024. He is also known for his short story 'The Wake', which won the 2021 Bournemouth Writing Prize.
Awards
['Irish Book Awards Newcomer of the Year (2024)', 'Bournemouth Writing Prize (2021)', 'Irish Arts Council Agility Award', 'Arts Council Literature Bursary', 'Irish Arts Council Next Generation Award (2023)']
Notable Works
['The Coast Road', 'The Wake']
