Des Hogan was born in Ballinasloe, Co. Galway in 1950. He has been recipient of the Hennessy Award (1971), the Rooney Prize (1977), the Rhys Memorial Prize (1980) and Irish Post Award (1985), and h...view moreDes Hogan was born in Ballinasloe, Co. Galway in 1950. He has been recipient of the Hennessy Award (1971), the Rooney Prize (1977), the Rhys Memorial Prize (1980) and Irish Post Award (1985), and has recently become one of France’s most popular literary writers in translation. His current Lilliput titles include: The Ikon Maker (1976, 2013), The Leaves on Grey (1980, 2014), The Edge of the City: A Scrapbook 1976-91 (1993) and Old Swords and Other Stories (2009).view less