David Butler

David Butler (born 1 January 1964) is an Irish novelist, short story writer, playwright, poet and actor. He has won several literary prizes, such as the Ted McNulty Award from Poetry Ireland and the Féile Filíochta International Award and the Fish Short Story Award.

Reception Butler's work has been generally well received by critics, with a reviewer for the Sunday Times describing the main character of The Judas Kiss as being "among the more outlandishly repulsive creations of recent Irish fiction." Author Pat McCabe wrote of City of Dis, which was shortlisted for the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year 2015, “David Butler's compelling mythic, metaphysical X-ray is beautifully written and ought to cement his already growing reputation.” while for the Kirkus Review, the award-winning novel is “A dark romp featuring delightfully crackling dialogue and the mental gymnastics of a protagonist so on edge he tries to silence a yowling cat with poison.”

Awards and honours 2001: Poetry Ireland's Ted McNulty Prize 2002: Brendan Kennelly Award 2004: Poetry Ireland Féile Filíochta International Poetry Festival 2013: SCDA ‘Play on Words’ One Act Drama Award 2014: Fish Short Story Award 2015: Cork Arts Theatre Writers’ Award 2016: ITT/Redline Short Story Award 2020: Maria Edgeworth Poetry Award 2021: Benedict Kiely Short Story Award 2022: Colm Toibin Short Story Award 2023: ChipLit Fest Short Story Award Two-times winner of the Maria Edgeworth Short Story Award