Irish author Christopher Nolan dies

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Irish author Christopher Nolan (43) has died. Nolan suffered from cerebral palsy and used a pointer attached to his head to write three books. His autobiographical work “Under the Eye of the Clock” won the Whitbread Prize in 1988. Nolan, who attended Mount Temple Comprehensive school, inspired U2 to write the song ‘Miracle Drug’.

Irish Times obituary

10 thoughts on “Irish author Christopher Nolan dies

  1. Such a sad and at the same time amazingly inspiring story~
    Enjoy, with a true sadness and glory, this quote about Christopher Nolan:
    “His brain is crammed with words; there is no way for them to get out. He found a way to let those words out, thank God”

    and about the book..

    The main character in the book is Joseph Meehan (notice the obvious “me” in the last name?)
    An autobiography really written as a biography…
    Interesting to say the least.

    From all that Christopher Nolan persevered through in his 43 years on this earth…Incredible in so many ways-
    Certainly can help you sort out your own ‘road blocks’ and priorities-

    ~Godspeed to the Nolan family~

  2. Such a sad and at the same time amazingly inspiring story~
    Enjoy, with a true sadness and glory, this quote about Christopher Nolan:
    “His brain is crammed with words; there is no way for them to get out. He found a way to let those words out, thank God”

    and about the book..

    The main character in the book is Joseph Meehan (notice the obvious “me” in the last name?)
    An autobiography really written as a biography…
    Interesting to say the least.

    From all that Christopher Nolan persevered through in his 43 years on this earth…Incredible in so many ways-
    Certainly can help you sort out your own ‘road blocks’ and priorities-

    ~Godspeed to the Nolan family~

  3. did u2 ever take a picture with nolan
    i’d love one
    greg cavalieri
    26405 wet center rd
    waterloo,nebraska 68069

  4. did u2 ever take a picture with nolan
    i’d love one
    greg cavalieri
    26405 wet center rd
    waterloo,nebraska 68069

  5. sorry myaddress was wrong
    greg cavalieri
    26405 west center rd
    waterloo, nebraska 68069

    im an old special ed teacher
    i know of nolans nervous normality and his crippledom
    his story was his own
    and no movie no daniel day lewis-would ever grasp his life, his talent, his vision–shine on nolan-my miracle drug

  6. sorry myaddress was wrong
    greg cavalieri
    26405 west center rd
    waterloo, nebraska 68069

    im an old special ed teacher
    i know of nolans nervous normality and his crippledom
    his story was his own
    and no movie no daniel day lewis-would ever grasp his life, his talent, his vision–shine on nolan-my miracle drug

  7. once again his story was not sad or inspiring
    rather it was as he wanted it to be-
    he was a writer and a great writer alongside beckett, and
    all the rest of the best-chris refused movie offers because they dwelled on his crippledom and his mom’s perserverance. chris wanted to get past this to his writings and his ability as an author to write-quite simple really but not a movie-for hollywood would have torn his life apart and added and subtracted-u2 and bono saw the truth and sang the truth -thats all-the rest is his writings-

  8. once again his story was not sad or inspiring
    rather it was as he wanted it to be-
    he was a writer and a great writer alongside beckett, and
    all the rest of the best-chris refused movie offers because they dwelled on his crippledom and his mom’s perserverance. chris wanted to get past this to his writings and his ability as an author to write-quite simple really but not a movie-for hollywood would have torn his life apart and added and subtracted-u2 and bono saw the truth and sang the truth -thats all-the rest is his writings-

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