. . . . . . "Colm T\u00F3ib\u00EDn (Irish pronunciation: [\u02C8k\u0254l\u032A\u02E0\u0259m\u02E0 t\u032A\u02E0o\u02D0\u02C8b\u02B2i\u02D0n\u02B2]; born 30 May 1955) is an Irish novelist, short story writer, essayist, playwright, journalist, critic and poet.T\u00F3ib\u00EDn is currently Irene and Sidney B. Silverman Professor of the Humanities at Columbia University and succeeded Martin Amis as professor of creative writing at the University of Manchester. He was hailed as a champion of minorities as he collected the 2011 Irish PEN Award."@en . "Irish writer, journalist and literary critic" . . . "1955Z"^^ . "0021Z"^^ . "1955-05-30Z"^^ . . . . "0020Z"^^ . . . "Toibin, Colm"@en . . . "Colm T\u00F3ib\u00EDn"@en . . .