BIOGRAPHY

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BIOGRAPHY OF JOHN BOYNE
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JOHN Boyne IS A FAMOUS IRISH WRIter who WROTE THE
STORY THE BOY IN THE STRIPPED PYJAMAS. HE WAS
BORN IN DUBLIN IN 1971 AND HE STUDIED ENGLISH
Literature IN TRINITY College Dublin AND
CREATIVE WRITING AT EAST Anglia, Norwich and was
awarded the Curtis Brown prize.
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He wrote many short stories in his time roughly
around seventy of them. Then in 2006 he wrote his
novel the boy in the striped pyjamas it was a
made into an award winning mirmax film. Then the
novel won two Irish book awards.
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The book lasted more than eighty weeks At number
one in Ireland and was also the best selling book
in new york and Spain. The book sold more than
five million copies. John also published his
novel in forty two different languages.
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These are some of johns novels Johns eight
novel was called Noah barelywater runs away.
His aim was to make this book for young readers.
It was published in October 2010. this book also
reached number one in the best seller chart in
Ireland. It was voted childrens book of the year
too. Johns ninth novel, THE ABSOLUTIST will be
published in the UK in May 2011.
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    The Thief of Time (2000)    The Congress of
Rough Riders (2001)    Crippen (2004)    Next
of Kin (2006)    Mutiny On The Bounty
(2008)    The House of Special Purpose
2009    The Absolutist to be published may 2011
Some of johns novels
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John was born in Dublin and raised there and he
is now going to celebrate his 40th birthday on
April 30th john has now became a very well known
writer all over the world especially in spain and
France the novel the boy in the striped pyjamas
was the book that made him where he is today. But
john does have a lot of famous novels as you have
already made a list of them above
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Sitting casually in an armchair John BOYNE THE 34
YEAR OLD MAN with trendy glasses, jeans and
closely shaven head doesnt look like your
average childrens writer. But his first
childrens book The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
is all set to be the biggest childrens BEST
SELLER BOOK OF 2006. The STORY of two LITTLE
boys who become friends against all Differences
it is A GREAT NOVEL
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