Clare Boylan (April 28, 1948 - 17 May 2006) was an Irish author, journalist and critic for newspapers, magazines and many international broadcast media. April 28 is the 118th day of the year (119th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 247 days remaining. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... May 17 is the 137th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (138th in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

She was born in Dublin, and began her career as a journalist at the (now defunct) Irish Press. In 1974 she won the Journalist of the Year award when working in the city for the Evening Press. Later in her career she edited the glossy magazine Image, before largely giving up journalism to focus on a career as an author. WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1974 calendar). ...

Her novels are Holy Pictures (1983), Last Resorts (1984), Black Baby (1988), Home Rule (1992), Beloved Stranger (1999), Room for a Single Lady (1997) (which won the Spirit of Light Award and was optioned for a film), Beloved Stranger (1999), and Emma Brown (2003). The latter work is a continuation of an 18-page fragment written by Charlotte Brontë before her death. 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Charlotte Brontë by George Richmond, 1850 Charlotte Brontë (April 21, 1816 – March 31, 1855) was an English novelist, the eldest of the three Brontë sisters whose novels have become enduring classics of English literature. ...

Her short stories are collected in A Nail on the Head (1983), Concerning Virgins (1990) and That Bad Woman (1995). The film Making Waves, based on her short story Some Ladies on a Tour, was nominated for an Oscar in 1988. Academy Awards The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent film awards in the United States and most watched awards ceremony in the world. ...

Her non-fiction includes The Agony and the Ego (1994), and The Literary Companion to Cats (1994). She wrote introductions to the novels of Kate O'Brien and Molly Keane and adapted Molly Keane's novel Good Behaviour as the classic serial for BBC Radio 4 (2004). Her work has been translated as far afield as Russia and Hong Kong. Irish stamp on the occasion of Kate OBriens birth centenary Kate OBrien (December 3, 1897 - August 13, 1974), was an Irish novelist and playwright. ... Molly Keane (1904 - 1996) was an Irish novelist, born in County Kildare. ... BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station which broadcasts a wide variety of chiefly spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history. ...

In later life, she lived in County Wicklow with her husband Alan Wilkes. She died after a lengthy struggle with cancer. County Wicklow (Contae Chill Mhantáin in Irish) is a county on the east coast of Ireland, immediately south of Dublin. ... When normal cells are damaged beyond repair, they are eliminated by apoptosis. ...

Reference

• The Times, Obituaries, 18 May 2006, p. 61