John McGahern (1934–2006) was an Irish novelist and short-story writer. Raised in County Leitrim, he worked as a teacher in Dublin until 1965, when he lost his post after his second novel, The Dark, was banned by the Irish censor. His spare, precise fiction portrays rural life in the west of Ireland and the weight of Church and family, from The Barracks and The Pornographer to Amongst Women, shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and That They May Face the Rising Sun; his Memoir appeared in 2005.
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John McGahern (1934–2006) was an Irish novelist and short-story writer. Raised in County Leitrim, he worked as a teacher in Dublin until 1965, when he lost his post after his second novel, The Dark, was banned by the Irish censor. His spare, precise fiction portrays rural life in the west of Ireland and the weight of Church and family, from The Barracks and The Pornographer to Amongst Women, shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and That They May Face the Rising Sun; his Memoir appeared in 2005.