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Murphy, Tom 1972–
Murphy, Tom 1972–PersonalBorn 1972. AddressesHome—Chicago, IL. CareerArt director and illustrator. Worked in advertising, including as art director and creative director at DDB Chicago, Chicago, IL. Awards, HonorsBulletin of the Center for Children's Books Blue Ribbon Picture-Book Award, for A Boy and His Bunny by Sean Bryan. IllustratorSean Bryan, A Boy and His Bunny, Arcade (New York, NY), 2005. Sean Bryan, A Girl and Her Gator, Arcade (New York, NY), 2006. Sean Bryan, A Bear and His Boy, Arcade (New York, NY), 2007. Sean Bryan, The Juggling Pug, Arcade (New York, NY), 2008. Biographical and Critical SourcesPERIODICALSKirkus Reviews, January 1, 2005, review of A Boy and His Bunny, p. 49; March 1, 2006, review of A Girl and Her Gator, p. 227; April 1, 2007, review of A Bear and His Boy. School Library Journal, June, 2005, Blair Christolon, review of A Boy and His Bunny, p. 106; August, 2006, Catherine Callegari, review of A Girl and Her Gator, p. 76; April, 2007, Debbie Lewis O'Donnell, review of A Bear and His Boy, p. 96. |
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"Murphy, Tom 1972–." Something About the Author. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Murphy, Tom 1972–." Something About the Author. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3241300059.html "Murphy, Tom 1972–." Something About the Author. 2009. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3241300059.html |
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Murphy, Tom
Murphy, Tom (1935– ), Irish playwright, born Tuam, Co. Galway. When Murphy submitted his first full-length play, the ferocious A Whistle in the Dark (1961), to the Abbey Theatre, he was told that such people as the violent family of the play did not exist in Ireland. Since then, he has continued to create the kind of characters that are not supposed to exist. Angry and hilarious portraits of small-town hypocrisy make up a realistic strain of social drama in A Crucial Week in the Life of a Grocer's Assistant (1969) and Conversations on a Homecoming (1985). But the work that places Murphy in the front rank of modern dramatists fuses this realism with baroque dialogue, surreal comedy, and a yearning for transcendence. In at least two plays, The Gigli Concert (1983) and Bailegangaire (1985), Murphy's extraordinary ambition is completely and vividly fulfilled.
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Murphy, Tom." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Murphy, Tom." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-MurphyTom.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Murphy, Tom." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-MurphyTom.html |
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