Bernard Share

Bernard Share (1930-2013) was an Irish novelist, critic, editor, and lecturer on modern literature. His novels include Inish and Transit.^[1] He also wrote an account of World-War-II-era Irish life, titled The Emergency, and has published works on slang and notable quotations. Several of his works have been reissued by Dalkey Archive Press, as part of the John F. Byrne Irish Literature Series.^[2]

He was one of the founders, and the first secretary, of Publishing Ireland, the Irish booksellers' association.^[3]