Colm Tóibín is one of the world’s most acclaimed contemporary writers, acclaimed for his luminous prose, emotional depth, and masterful explorations of memory, identity, exile, and belonging. He is the author of twelve novels, including the internationally acclaimed Brooklyn, The Master, Nora Webster, and Long Island, as well as three collections of short stories. His poetry collection, Vinegar Hill, was published in 2022.
Translated into more than thirty languages, Tóibín’s work has earned numerous international honors, including the prestigious David Cohen Prize for Literature, awarded in 2021 in recognition of his outstanding contribution to literature. Several of his novels have been shortlisted for major literary awards, and Brooklyn was adapted into an Academy Award-nominated film.
In addition to his fiction, Tóibín is an acclaimed essayist, critic, and public intellectual. He serves as the Irene and Sidney B. Silverman Professor of Humanities at Columbia University in New York.
At the Himalayan Literature Festival & Writers’ Workshop 2027, Colm Tóibín brings decades of literary excellence and insight into the art of storytelling, offering participants a rare opportunity to engage with one of the foremost voices in world literature.