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David Park

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Novelist David Park, who often addresses Northern Ireland's troubled culture, gives his thoughts on the arts in the province since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998.

Series looking at the arts in Northern Ireland since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998.

With the thoughts of Belfast-born novelist David Park. Winner of the American Ireland Fund Literary Award for his contribution to Irish literature, his work, including his novel The Truth Commissioner, frequently embraces the troubled culture in which he grew up.

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Fri 15 May 2009 23:00

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