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Christopher Nolan (6 September 1965 – 20 February 2009) was an Irish
Ireland

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 poet
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 and author
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, son of Joseph and Bernadette Nolan. He grew up in Mullingar
Mullingar

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, Ireland, but later moved to Dublin
Dublin

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 to attend college. He was educated at the Central Remedial Clinic School, Mount Temple Comprehensive School
Mount Temple Comprehensive School

Mount Temple Comprehensive School is a secondary school located in Clontarf, Dublin, Dublin, Republic of Ireland, originally notable as the first multi-denominational public school under Protestant management to open in Dublin....
 and at Trinity College, Dublin. His first book was published when he was fifteen. He won the Whitbread Book Award, for his autobiography in 1988.






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Christopher Nolan (6 September 1965 – 20 February 2009) was an Irish
Ireland

Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
 poet
Poet

A poet is a person who writes poetry....
 and author
Author

An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created....
, son of Joseph and Bernadette Nolan. He grew up in Mullingar
Mullingar

Mullingar is the administrative centre of County Westmeath, Republic of Ireland and the seat of the Roman Catholic Roman Catholic Diocese of Meath....
, Ireland, but later moved to Dublin
Dublin

Dublin is both the largest city and capital of Republic of Ireland. It is located near the midpoint of Ireland's east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin Region....
 to attend college. He was educated at the Central Remedial Clinic School, Mount Temple Comprehensive School
Mount Temple Comprehensive School

Mount Temple Comprehensive School is a secondary school located in Clontarf, Dublin, Dublin, Republic of Ireland, originally notable as the first multi-denominational public school under Protestant management to open in Dublin....
 and at Trinity College, Dublin. His first book was published when he was fifteen. He won the Whitbread Book Award, for his autobiography in 1988. He was also awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters in the UK, the medal of excellence from the United Nations Society of Writers, and a Person of the Year award in Ireland.

Biography

Due to birth complications, Nolan was born with cerebral palsy
Cerebral palsy

Cerebral palsy is an umbrella term encompassing a group of non-progressive illness, non-Infectious diseases conditions that cause physical disability in Human development ....
, and could only move his head and eyes. To write, Nolan used a special computer and keyboard; in order to help him type, his mother, Bernadette Nolan, held his head in her cupped hands while Christopher painstakingly picked out each word, letter by letter, with a pointer attached to his forehead. He communicated with others by moving his eyes, using a signal system.

Rock
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 band U2
U2

U2 are a rock music band from Dublin, Republic of Ireland. The band consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, Jr. .The band formed in 1976 when the members were teenagers with limited musical proficiency....
, who attended school
School

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 with Nolan, wrote their song "Miracle Drug
Miracle Drug

"Miracle Drug" is the second track from U2's 2004 album, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb. It was written about the late Ireland writer Christopher Nolan , with whom the band attended Mount Temple Comprehensive School....
" (from How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb

How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb is the eleventh studio album by Republic of Ireland rock music band U2, released in November 2004. Much like their previous album, All That You Can't Leave Behind, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb was commercially successful and critically acclaimed and maintains a more traditional rock sound after t...
) about him.

Bono
Bono

Paul David Hewson , also known by his stage name Bono, is the main vocalist of the Ireland rock band U2. Bono was born and raised in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, and attended Mount Temple Comprehensive School where he met his future wife, Ali Hewson, and the future members of U2....
 said of Nolan:

His family said in a statement following his death:

Bibliography

  • Dam Burst of Dreams (published 1981, when Nolan was 15 years old), a critically acclaimed collection of poetry that has been compared to the work of illustrious compatriots William Butler Yeats
    William Butler Yeats

    File:William Butler Yeat by George Charles Beresford.jpgWilliam Butler Yeats was an Irish people poet and dramatist and one of the foremost figures of 20th century in literature....
     and James Joyce
    James Joyce

    James Augustine Aloysius Joyce was an Ireland expatriate author of the 20th century. He is best known for his landmark novel Ulysses and its controversial successor Finnegans Wake , as well as the short story collection Dubliners and the semi-autobiographical novel A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man ....
    .
  • Under the Eye of the Clock (published 1987), won the Whitbread Award. It is an autobiography, but is told as a third-person biography, and details his struggle with his disability.
  • Torchlight And Lazer Beams (published 1988), a play written with Theatre Director Michael Scott (Dublin Theatre Festival
    Dublin Theatre Festival

    The Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival is Europe's oldest specialized theatre festival. It was founded by theatre impresario Brendan Smith in 1957 and has, with the exception of two years, produced a season of international and Irish theatre each autumn....
     - Gaiety Theatre, Dublin). It is a stage version of Nolan's Under the Eye of the Clock, but also incorporates unpublished poetry Christopher has also written.
  • The Banyan Tree (published 1999), a novel, detailing the life and marriage of an Irish woman and her children.


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