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Doyle, Roddy 1958-
PERSONAL: Born May 8, 1958 in Dublin, Ireland; son of Rory (a printer) and Ida (a secretary; maiden name, Bolger) Doyle; married; wife's name Belinda; children: two sons. Education: Attended University College, Dublin.
ADDRESSES: Agent—Patti Kelly, Viking Books, 375 Hudson St., New York, NY 10014.
CAREER: Playwright, screenwriter, educator, and novelist. Greendale Community School, Kilbarrack, Dublin, English and geography teacher, 1980—.
AWARDS, HONORS: The Van was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, British Book Trust, 1991; Booker Prize, 1993, for Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha; W. H. Smith Children's Book of the Year Award shortlist, 2001, for The Giggler Treatment.
WRITINGS:
novels
The Commitments, Heinemann (London, England), 1988, Random House (New York, NY), 1989.
The Snapper, Secker & Warburg (London, England), 1990, Penguin (New York, NY), 1992.
The Van, Viking (New York, NY), 1991.
The Barrytown Trilogy, Secker & Warburg, (London, England), 1992.
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, Secker & Warburg, (London, England), 1993.
The Woman Who Walked into Doors, Viking (New York, NY) 1996.
A Star Called Henry, Viking (New York, NY), 1999.
screenplays
(With Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais) The Commitments (base
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Butch Van Artsdalen
Charles M. Van Artsdalen (January 31, 1941 – July 18, 1979) was a surfer. He moved to La Jolla, California, from his birthplace of Norfolk, Virginia, at age 14. Van Artsdalen is best known as a pioneer of surfing 25-foot waves at such North Shore locations as Waimea Bay and Sunset Beach; and tube riding in Hawaii during the early 1960-1970s. A member of the Duke Kahanamoku Surf Team, he appeared in several surf movies and remained a fixture of the international surfing community until his death from alcohol-related illness in 1979.[1]
Van Artsdalen's athletic prowess was first noted in the years he attended La Jolla High School where he earned varsity letter in baseball, basketball, and football. He began surfing at the age of fourteen, and chose to continue in the sport because of its unstructured freedom when compared to the discipline of conventional professional sports. While in La Jolla, Van Artsdalen became part of a well-known surfing group at Windansea Beach. He moved to Hawaii after graduating from high school to begin his professional career.[2]
The challenging waves of Oahu's North Shore soon became Van Artsdalen's home. He was among the first to master the powerful, hollow waves at Ehukai Beach known as the Banzai Pi