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Declan Kiberd

February 13, 2023

Declan Kiberd (born 24 May 1951) is an Irish writer and scholar with an interest in modern Irish literature, both in the English and Irish languages, which he often approaches through the lens of postcolonial theory. He is also interested in the academic study of children's literature. He serves on the advisory board of the International Review of Irish Culture (which describes itself as influenced by the critical theory developed by the Frankfurt School) and is a professor at the University of Notre Dame and at its campus in Dublin. In recent years and with publications such as After Ireland (2018), Kiberd has become a commentator on contemporary Irish social and political issues, particularly as such issues have been examined by Ireland's writers.[1]

His niece Evanna Lynch is an actress most well known for her role as Luna Lovegood in the Harry Potter films.

In 2019 Kiberd was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[2]

Early life and education

Kiberd was born in Dublin.[3] His brother Damien is a journalist. Kiberd attended Belgrove Primary School in Clontarf, where he was taught by the novelist John McGahern, before moving to St Paul's College in Raheny. In 1969, he won an award to study Irish and English at Trinity College Dublin, where he was elected a Scholar and got a double first and a Gold Medal. He then went to Linacre College, Oxford,[additional citation(s) needed] where he took[clarification needed] a DPhil under the Joycean biographer Richard Ellmann.[3]

Academic career

Eleven years after its foundation, Kiberd taught English at University of Kent in Canterbury (1976–77). He then taught Irish in Trinity College Dublin for two years (1977–79).

Kiberd joined University College Dublin (UCD) in 1979 and remained on its staff until 2011.[3] He was UCD lecturer in Anglo-Irish literature from 1979, appointed chair of Anglo-Irish literature and drama in 1997[additional citation(s) needed] and held this until 2011, at which time he moved to the U.S.[3]

In 2011 Kiberd became the Donald and Marilyn Keough Professor of Irish Studies and an English professor at the University of Notre Dame.[3]

Research interests and supervision

His research interests are primarily Anglo-Irish Literature and Drama (in particular Joyce and Synge),[citation needed] postcolonial theory and children's literature; the latter he was responsible for introducing to the UCD curriculum in 2008.

He was close to the Palestinian-born Edward Said, who wrote Orientalism, considered an influential contribution to postcolonial theory.[3] Since 2016, he has been at work on a short monograph about Beckett.

Other work

Kiberd has been a columnist with The Irish Times (1985–87) and The Irish Press (1987–93), presenter of the RTÉ arts programme, Exhibit A (1984–86), and a regular essayist and reviewer in The Times Literary Supplement and The New York Times. He occasionally writes short pieces about culture for The Irish Times. He has contributed approximately 5,000 words to the London Review of Books over two pieces published in 2000 and 2001, the latter on a William Trevor short story collection and the former on a book by his UCD colleague Angela Bourke.[4][5][6]

Kiberd serves on the advisory board of the International Review of Irish Culture,[7] which describes itself as influenced by the critical theory developed by the neo-Marxist intellectuals of the Frankfurt School.[8]

In addition, he has the following credits:

  • Visiting Lecturer in more than 30 countries (1982–present)
  • Director of the Yeats International Summer School (1985–87)
  • Patron of the Dublin Shaw Society (1995–2000)
  • Member of the Irish Manuscripts Commission and Cultural Relations Committee (1995–2002)
  • Chair of the Public Libraries and Arts Government Commission (1996–99)
  • President's Award (1998–99)
  • Member of the Forum on Future of Broadcasting (2002)
  • Elected member of the Royal Irish Academy (2003)
  • Government of Ireland Senior Research Fellowship (2003–04)
  • Appointed to the new board of the Abbey Theatre[when?]

Publications

In 1987, Kiberd co-edited Omnium Gatherum: Essays for Richard Ellmann, which had been intended as a Festschrift for Richard Ellmann, but became a memoria when Ellmann died the same year.[9]

Another publication of note is Irish Classics, which was awarded the Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism in 2002.

He wrote the introduction to the Penguin Classics "Annotated Student's Edition" of Ulysses, which re-released the Bodley Head/Random House text of 1960–61.

In 2009, Faber and Faber published Ulysses and Us: The Art of Everyday Living. It argues that Ulysses is a work of popular fiction, always intended for a mass readership, and examines how Joyce's modernist masterpiece reflects and satirises aspects of daily life.[10]

In 2015, Abbey Theatre Press published Handbook of the Irish Revival: An Anthology of Irish Cultural and Political Writings 1891-1922, which Kiberd co-edited P. J. Matthews. Irish President Michael D. Higgins gave a speech on the anthology.[11]

Books:

  • Synge and the Irish Language, Macmillan: London 1979; second edition with new Introduction, London 1992.
  • Men and Feminism in Modern Literature, Macmillan: London 1985; second edition 1987.
  • Idir Dhá Chultúr (Essays on Interaction of Gaelic- and English-language culture), Coiscéim Áth Cliath 1993; second edition with new preface 2002.
  • Inventing Ireland: The Literature of the Modern Nation, Jonathan Cape London 1995; Harvard University Press 1996; Vintage Paperback 1996; Winner Michael Durkan Prize of American Committee of Irish Studies for Best Book of Cultural Criticism 1996; Oscar Wilde Award for Literary Achievement, 1996; Winner of Irish Times Literature Prize for Non-Fiction
  • Irish Classics, Granta London 2000; Harvard University Press 2001; Granta and Harvard Paperback 2001; Winner Truman Capote Prize for Best Work of Literary Criticism in the English-Speaking World 2002; Winner Robert Rhodes Prize of American Committee of Irish Studies for Best Book of Literary Criticism 2001.
  • The Irish Writer And The World, Cambridge University Press 2005
  • Ulysses and Us: The Art of Everyday Living (Faber and Faber, 2009)

Edited:

  • An Crann Faoi Bhláth: Contemporary Irish Poetry with Verse Translations, Wolfhound Press Dublin 1989; 1997 (with Gabriel Fitzmaurice)
  • The Student's Annotated Ulysses, Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics, London 1992
  • The London Exiles: Wilde and Shaw and 'Contemporary Irish Poetry' sections, Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing, Derry 1991
  • Two issues of The Crane Bag magazine
  • Handbook of the Irish Revival 1891-1922, Abbey Theatre Press, Dublin 2015 (with P. J. Matthews)

Pamphlets:

  • Anglo-Irish Attitudes, Field Day Derry 1985
  • Multiculturalism and Artistic Freedom: Rushdie, Ireland and India, Cork University Press 1992
  • Multiculturalism: The View from the Two Irelands (with Edna Longley), Cork University Press 2000

Scripts:

  • Samuel Beckett Silence to Silence, BBC, 1984
  • A Short History of Ireland, BBC TV, 1986:
  • Plus many scripts for BBC Radio 3 on Irish themes 1990–present

Articles:

  • The Irish Times:
    • "Declan Kiberd on Bob Dylan's Nobel prize for literature". 14 October 2016.
    • "Irish writers were an early warning system about abuse". 21 October 2017.

References

  1. ^ "Irish writers were an early warning system about abuse". The Irish Times. from the original on 22 October 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  2. ^ . American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 10 April 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Declan Kiberd". Department of English. University of Notre Dame. from the original on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Declan Kiberd". London Review of Books. from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  5. ^ Kiberd, Declan (6 January 2000). "Astride a White Horse". London Review of Books. Vol. 22, no. 1. from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  6. ^ Kiberd, Declan (8 March 2001). "Demented Brothers". London Review of Books. Vol. 23, no. 5. from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  7. ^ "IRIC – Advisory Board". from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
  8. ^ "IRIC – Statement of Ambitions". from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
  9. ^ "Essays for Richard Ellmann | McGill-Queen's University Press". www.mqup.ca. from the original on 16 August 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  10. ^ . Archived from the original on 5 October 2009.
  11. ^ President Higgins' speech online 24 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 11 May 2017

External links

February 13, 2023
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Declan Kiberd born 24 May 1951 is an Irish writer and scholar with an interest in modern Irish literature both in the English and Irish languages which he often approaches through the lens of postcolonial theory He is also interested in the academic study of children s literature He serves on the advisory board of the International Review of Irish Culture which describes itself as influenced by the critical theory developed by the Frankfurt School and is a professor at the University of Notre Dame and at its campus in Dublin In recent years and with publications such as After Ireland 2018 Kiberd has become a commentator on contemporary Irish social and political issues particularly as such issues have been examined by Ireland s writers 1 His niece Evanna Lynch is an actress most well known for her role as Luna Lovegood in the Harry Potter films In 2019 Kiberd was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 2 Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Academic career 3 Research interests and supervision 4 Other work 5 Publications 6 References 7 External linksEarly life and education EditKiberd was born in Dublin 3 His brother Damien is a journalist Kiberd attended Belgrove Primary School in Clontarf where he was taught by the novelist John McGahern before moving to St Paul s College in Raheny In 1969 he won an award to study Irish and English at Trinity College Dublin where he was elected a Scholar and got a double first and a Gold Medal He then went to Linacre College Oxford additional citation s needed where he took clarification needed a DPhil under the Joycean biographer Richard Ellmann 3 Academic career EditEleven years after its foundation Kiberd taught English at University of Kent in Canterbury 1976 77 He then taught Irish in Trinity College Dublin for two years 1977 79 Kiberd joined University College Dublin UCD in 1979 and remained on its staff until 2011 3 He was UCD lecturer in Anglo Irish literature from 1979 appointed chair of Anglo Irish literature and drama in 1997 additional citation s needed and held this until 2011 at which time he moved to the U S 3 In 2011 Kiberd became the Donald and Marilyn Keough Professor of Irish Studies and an English professor at the University of Notre Dame 3 Research interests and supervision EditHis research interests are primarily Anglo Irish Literature and Drama in particular Joyce and Synge citation needed postcolonial theory and children s literature the latter he was responsible for introducing to the UCD curriculum in 2008 He was close to the Palestinian born Edward Said who wrote Orientalism considered an influential contribution to postcolonial theory 3 Since 2016 he has been at work on a short monograph about Beckett Other work EditKiberd has been a columnist with The Irish Times 1985 87 and The Irish Press 1987 93 presenter of the RTE arts programme Exhibit A 1984 86 and a regular essayist and reviewer in The Times Literary Supplement and The New York Times He occasionally writes short pieces about culture for The Irish Times He has contributed approximately 5 000 words to the London Review of Books over two pieces published in 2000 and 2001 the latter on a William Trevor short story collection and the former on a book by his UCD colleague Angela Bourke 4 5 6 Kiberd serves on the advisory board of the International Review of Irish Culture 7 which describes itself as influenced by the critical theory developed by the neo Marxist intellectuals of the Frankfurt School 8 In addition he has the following credits Visiting Lecturer in more than 30 countries 1982 present Director of the Yeats International Summer School 1985 87 Patron of the Dublin Shaw Society 1995 2000 Member of the Irish Manuscripts Commission and Cultural Relations Committee 1995 2002 Chair of the Public Libraries and Arts Government Commission 1996 99 President s Award 1998 99 Member of the Forum on Future of Broadcasting 2002 Elected member of the Royal Irish Academy 2003 Government of Ireland Senior Research Fellowship 2003 04 Appointed to the new board of the Abbey Theatre when Publications EditIn 1987 Kiberd co edited Omnium Gatherum Essays for Richard Ellmann which had been intended as a Festschrift for Richard Ellmann but became a memoria when Ellmann died the same year 9 Another publication of note is Irish Classics which was awarded the Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism in 2002 He wrote the introduction to the Penguin Classics Annotated Student s Edition of Ulysses which re released the Bodley Head Random House text of 1960 61 In 2009 Faber and Faber published Ulysses and Us The Art of Everyday Living It argues that Ulysses is a work of popular fiction always intended for a mass readership and examines how Joyce s modernist masterpiece reflects and satirises aspects of daily life 10 In 2015 Abbey Theatre Press published Handbook of the Irish Revival An Anthology of Irish Cultural and Political Writings 1891 1922 which Kiberd co edited P J Matthews Irish President Michael D Higgins gave a speech on the anthology 11 Books Synge and the Irish Language Macmillan London 1979 second edition with new Introduction London 1992 Men and Feminism in Modern Literature Macmillan London 1985 second edition 1987 Idir Dha Chultur Essays on Interaction of Gaelic and English language culture Coisceim Ath Cliath 1993 second edition with new preface 2002 Inventing Ireland The Literature of the Modern Nation Jonathan Cape London 1995 Harvard University Press 1996 Vintage Paperback 1996 Winner Michael Durkan Prize of American Committee of Irish Studies for Best Book of Cultural Criticism 1996 Oscar Wilde Award for Literary Achievement 1996 Winner of Irish Times Literature Prize for Non Fiction Irish Classics Granta London 2000 Harvard University Press 2001 Granta and Harvard Paperback 2001 Winner Truman Capote Prize for Best Work of Literary Criticism in the English Speaking World 2002 Winner Robert Rhodes Prize of American Committee of Irish Studies for Best Book of Literary Criticism 2001 The Irish Writer And The World Cambridge University Press 2005 Ulysses and Us The Art of Everyday Living Faber and Faber 2009 Edited An Crann Faoi Bhlath Contemporary Irish Poetry with Verse Translations Wolfhound Press Dublin 1989 1997 with Gabriel Fitzmaurice The Student s Annotated Ulysses Penguin Twentieth Century Classics London 1992 The London Exiles Wilde and Shaw and Contemporary Irish Poetry sections Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing Derry 1991 Two issues of The Crane Bag magazine Handbook of the Irish Revival 1891 1922 Abbey Theatre Press Dublin 2015 with P J Matthews Pamphlets Anglo Irish Attitudes Field Day Derry 1985 Multiculturalism and Artistic Freedom Rushdie Ireland and India Cork University Press 1992 Multiculturalism The View from the Two Irelands with Edna Longley Cork University Press 2000Scripts Samuel Beckett Silence to Silence BBC 1984 A Short History of Ireland BBC TV 1986 Plus many scripts for BBC Radio 3 on Irish themes 1990 presentArticles The Irish Times Declan Kiberd on Bob Dylan s Nobel prize for literature 14 October 2016 Irish writers were an early warning system about abuse 21 October 2017 References Edit Irish writers were an early warning system about abuse The Irish Times Archived from the original on 22 October 2017 Retrieved 25 April 2019 American Academy of Arts and Sciences 2019 FELLOWS AND INTERNATIONAL HONORARY MEMBERS American Academy of Arts and Sciences Archived from the original on 10 April 2019 Retrieved 25 April 2019 a b c d e f Declan Kiberd Department of English University of Notre Dame Archived from the original on 15 January 2021 Retrieved 2 January 2021 Declan Kiberd London Review of Books Archived from the original on 1 April 2019 Retrieved 1 April 2019 Kiberd Declan 6 January 2000 Astride a White Horse London Review of Books Vol 22 no 1 Archived from the original on 2 April 2019 Retrieved 2 April 2019 Kiberd Declan 8 March 2001 Demented Brothers London Review of Books Vol 23 no 5 Archived from the original on 2 April 2019 Retrieved 2 April 2019 IRIC Advisory Board Archived from the original on 13 July 2011 Retrieved 9 May 2011 IRIC Statement of Ambitions Archived from the original on 13 July 2011 Retrieved 9 May 2011 Essays for Richard Ellmann McGill Queen s University Press www mqup ca Archived from the original on 16 August 2020 Retrieved 4 May 2021 Faber and Faber Website Archived from the original on 5 October 2009 President Higgins speech online Archived 24 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 11 May 2017External links EditInventing Ireland sample chapter Archived 1 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine Declan Kiberd at the London Review of Books Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Declan Kiberd amp oldid 1123999938, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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