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John Boyne was born on 30 April, 1971 in Dublin, Ireland, is an Irish novelist, author of children's and youth fiction. Discover John Boyne's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 52 years old?

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Age 52 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 30 April, 1971
Birthday 30 April
Birthplace Dublin, Ireland
Nationality Ireland

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1971

John Boyne (born 30 April 1971) is an Irish novelist.

He is the author of fourteen novels for adults, six novels for younger readers, two novellas and one collection of short stories.

His novels are published in over 50 languages.

1993

His first short story was published by the Sunday Tribune and in 1993 was shortlisted for a Hennessy Literary Award.

His B.A degree is from Trinity College Dublin in English in 1993, and he subsequently obtained an MA degree from the University of East Anglia.

2006

His 2006 novel The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas was adapted into a 2008 film of the same name.

Boyne was born in Dublin, where he still lives.

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas was published in 2006.

The book has sold over seven million copies worldwide.

2007

A Heyday/Miramax film adaptation, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, was shot in Budapest in mid-2007 and released in late 2008.

2015

In 2015 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from the University of East Anglia.

He chaired the jury for the 2015 Scotiabank Giller Prize.

Boyne is gay, and has spoken about the difficulties he encountered growing up gay in Catholic Ireland.

He has spoken of suffering abuse in Terenure College as a student there.

He regards John Banville as "the world's greatest living writer".

2017

However, the listed ingredients were entirely fictional, being taken from the 2017 videogame The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and included items such as the "silent princess" flower, "octorok eyeballs", and "the tail of the red lizalfos".

The error was initially posted on Reddit, and after writer Dana Schwartz highlighted the segment on Twitter, theorizing that Boyne had done an Internet search for 'how to dye clothes red' and used the Zelda results without looking into the context, Boyne admitted his error, saying "I'll leave it as it is. I actually think it's quite funny and you're totally right. I don't remember but I must have just Googled it. Hey, sometimes you just gotta throw your hands up and say 'yup! My bad!'"

2019

Boyne's 2019 book My Brother's Name Is Jessica, about a young boy coming to terms with his older sibling coming out as a trans girl, was criticised over its portrayal of transgender topics and for misgendering people.

In an article in The Irish Times promoting the book, Boyne explained that he was inspired to write it by a transgender friend of his, and had spoken to gender-identity professionals and "several trans people" to ensure he portrayed the book's subject matter authentically.

However, he received further criticism for stating in the article that "I reject the word 'cis'... I don't consider myself a cis man; I consider myself a man."

He added that "while I will happily employ any term that a person feels best defines them... I reject the notion that someone can force an unwanted term on to another".

Boyne deleted his Twitter account, citing social media harassment, though he would later rejoin the site.

Some writers have supported him.

2020

In August 2020, it was noticed that Boyne's latest novel, A Traveller at the Gates of Wisdom, which takes place in the real world in the year 1 AD, contained a section in which a seamstress refers to the ingredients used to create dyes.

In January 2020, the book was cited by the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, in a set of back and forth tweets between the museum and the author, as a book that should be avoided by those promoting accurate understanding of the Holocaust.

In response, Boyne suggested that the Museum's criticism contained inaccurate information.

In 2020, comedian and writer Aidan Comerford, who had repeatedly accused Boyne of transphobia, issued an apology via Twitter.

Comerford admitted that his tweets about Boyne "were relentless harassment" that had caused Boyne "great distress."

Boyne responded by saying, "I am grateful for Aidan Comerford's apologies and retractions and, outside of that, I have no further comment."

He alluded to the backlash he received over the book again in a newspaper column in 2021.

Although Boyne did not mention Comerford by name, he referenced someone who "admitted that he’d been engaged in a determined campaign of 'relentless harassment'", and then "slithered back to his subterranean cavern to lick his wounds".

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