His upbringing in a landed protestant family in Celbridge, County Kildare, Ireland, provided material for his first experimental novel, Langrishe, Go Down (1966), and was later adapted for television by British playwright Harold Pinter. His 1972 novel, Balcony of Europe was shortlisted for the Booker Prize.
Various writings have been collected and reprinted by the Dalkey Archive, including his three volume autobiography, A Bestiary, and a collection of fiction, Flotsam and Jetsam, both of which demonstrate his wide erudition and his experience of life and travel in Germany and London which gives his writing a largely cosmopolitan feel, utilizing a range of European languages in turns of phrase.
AidanHiggins was born in Celbridge, County Kildare in 1927, and went to school nearby at Clongowes Wood College.
Aidan spent most of the sixties and seventies outside Ireland, chiefly in Berlin and Spain, and was a European long before the EU gave a new meaning to the word.
AidanHiggins is a writer of enormous integrity, who has remained true to his vision throughout a long writing life, which spans over forty years.
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