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'''Michael Harding'''
'''Michael Harding''' (born 1953) is an [[Republic of Ireland|Irish]] short-story writer, novelist, and playwright, born in [[County Cavan]]. He lives in [[Westmeath]].
One unimportant failed theatre actor doesn't get his own wiki page to claim the name shared by millions of others.
Harding went to [[St. Patrick's College, Maynooth]], initially graduating as a lay graduate. He taught for two years, then worked as a social worker in a prison. He returned to Maynooth as a seminarian and was ordained in 1980, after which he went to work in a parish in Fermanagh.
He left the priesthood in 1985,<ref>[http://www.ricorso.net/rx/az-data/authors/h/Harding_MP/life.htm Michael P. Harding] - Biography.</ref> then spent seventeen years practising Buddhism. He is married to the sculptor Cathy Carmen (whom he first met in 1984) and they have a daughter Sophia.

He has published three novels: ''Priest'' (1986), ''The Trouble With Sarah Gullion'' (1988) and ''Bird in the Snow'' (2008).<ref name=iw>[http://www.irishwriters-online.com/michaelharding.html Michael Harding], Irish Writers Online.</ref> He became a member of [[Aosdana]], the National Academy for Creative Artists, in 2000. He was Writer in Association with [[Abbey Theatre|The National Theatre]] in 1993, was short listed for the ''[[Irish Times]]'' [[Aer Lingus]] Literature Award in 1989, and was Writer in Residence at [[Trinity College Dublin]] in 1999.{{Citation needed|date=March 2008}}
Harding has received the following awards:
*The Steward Parker Award for Theatre (1990)
*The [[Bank of Ireland]] [[RTE]] award for excellence in the arts (1990)
*The Hennessy Literary Award for short stories (1980)<ref name=iw/>
*Best Actor, Dublin Theatre Fringe Festival (2004) for his performance in Gare St Lazare's production of ''Swallow''.
*Nominated Best Actor in a Supporting Role – British Theatre Management Awards (2006)
*''The Tinker's Curse'', nominated for Best New Play at the ''Irish Times'' Irish Theatre Awards (2007)
*''Staring at Lakes'', Non-Fiction Book of the Year, 2013 [[Irish Book Awards]]

== Plays ==

*''Strawboys'', Peacock Abbey Theatre, 1987
*''Una Pooka'', Peacock Abbey Theatre, 1989
*''Misogynist'', Abbey Theatre, 1990
*''Burying Brian Boru'', Theatre Omnibus, 1990
*''Where the Heart is'', Project Arts Centre, 1993
*''Hubert Murray's Widow'', Peacock Abbey Theatre, 1993
*''The Kiss'', Project Arts Centre, 1994
*''Ceacht Houdini'', Amharclann de hIde, 1994
*''Backsides to the Wind'', Red Kettle, 1995
*''Sour Grapes'', Peacock Abbey Theatre, 1997
*''Amazing Grace'', Peacock Abbey Theatre, 1998
*''Bog Dances'', Steve Wickham and Shake the Spear Theatre @ Dunamaise Arts Centre, 2000
*''Sleeping a Lovesong'', Project Arts Centre, 2002
*''Talking Through His Hat'', Dublin Fringe Festival @ The Focus, 2002
*''Swallow'', Gare St Lazare Players @ Dublin Fringe Festival, 2003
*''Birdie Birdie'', for Blue Raincoat Theatre, 2004
*''Tearmann for Siamsa Tire'', The National Folk Theatre of Ireland, 2006
*''The Tinker's Curse'', Livin' Dred Theatre Company, 2007.
*''Is There Balm in Gilead?'' Pavilion Theatre Dublin, 2007

==References==
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