John Broderick

John Broderick (Athlone, Ireland, 30 July 1924 – Bath, England, 28 May 1989) was an Irish novelist.

Biography Broderick was born in Athlone, Ireland, on 30 July 1924.

His first novel, The Pilgrimage (1961) was banned by the Irish Censorship Board.

Broderick was elected to membership of the Irish Academy of Letters in 1968, and in 1975 received the Academy's Annual Award for Literature. The Westmeath County Library system has a collection of his papers, manuscripts and other materials.

Books Broderick's novels include: The Pilgrimage (1961). London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. It was banned in Ireland by the Censorship Board and published in the United States as The Chameleons. In the same year it was published in France by Editions Plon as Le Pélerinage. It was reissued in France in 1991 by Editions de la Découverte and in Ireland (2004) by The Lilliput Press. The Fugitives (1962). London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson and Paris: Editions Plon. Don Juaneen (1963). London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. The Waking of Willie Ryan (1965). London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, reissued 2004, Dublin: The Lilliput Press. An Apology for Roses (1973). London: Calder & Boyars. The Pride of Summer (1976). London: Harrap. London Irish (1979). London: Barrie & Jenkins. The Trial of Father Dillingham (1974). Paris: Editions Plon as Cité Pleine des Rêves. (1982) London & New York:Marion Boyars. A Prayer for Fair Weather (1984). London: Marion Boyars. The Rose Tree (1985). London & New York: Marion Boyars. The Flood (1987). London & New York: Marion Boyars. The Irish Magdalen (1991). London: Marion Boyars (published posthumously).

Memorials Since 1999, Broderick has been commemorated in a number of ways, including:

The Athlone Town Council named a street John Broderick Street The John Broderick Committee financially supported the publication of Something in the Head, the Life and Works of John Broderick, by Madeline Kingston (Lilliput 2004) and also the re-issue of The Pilgrimage and The Waking of Willie Ryan In 2007 Lilliput also published Stimulus of Sin, a selection of Broderick's non-fiction writings with some previously unpublished fiction Literary week-ends and events to keep his memory alive have been and are being organised from time to time