Aidan Higgins

Aidan Higgins (born March 3, 1927) is an Irish writer. His upbringing in a landed Catholic family in Celbridge, County Kildare, Ireland, provided material for his first experimental novel, Langrishe, Go Down (1966; re-issued by New Island, 2007), and was later adapted for television by British playwright Harold Pinter. His 1972 novel, Balcony of Europe was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Various writings have been collected and reprinted by the Dalkey Archive Press, including his three volume autobiography, A Bestiary (of which the first volume, Donkey's Years, was re-issued by New Island in March 2008) and a collection of fiction, Flotsam and Jetsam, both of which demonstrate his wide erudition and his experience of life and travel in South Africa, Germany and London which gives his writing a largely cosmopolitan feel, utilizing a range of European languages in turns of phrase.

He now lives in Kinsale, County Cork, and is a Saoi of Aosdana.