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24-26 March 2023

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Donal Ryan

Ireland



Donal Ryan is a novelist and short story writer. He teaches Creative Writing at the University of Limerick. His first novel, The Spinning Heart (2012), received the Guardian First Book Award, the European prize for Literature and The Irish Times Book of the Year Award. His seventh book, The Queen of Dirt Island, was published in August 2022. His work has been adapted for stage and screen and translated into over twenty languages.

Donal Ryan est un auteur de romans et de nouvelles. Il enseigne l’écriture littéraire à l’université de Limerick. Son premier roman, The Spinning Heart (2012), a remporté le Guardian First Book Award et le prix européen de la littérature et du livre de l’année aux Irish Book Awards. Son septième ouvrage, The Queen of Dirt Island, a été publié en août dernier. Ses oeuvres ont été adaptées au cinéma et au théâtre et traduites dans plus de vingt langues.

Writers

We welcome this year 11 writers of French, English and Irish languages


Rémi David

France 

Martine Delvaux

Québec

Rokhaya Diallo

France

Claire Kilroy

Ireland

Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin

Ireland

Doireann Ní Ghríofa

Ireland

Laura Nsafou

France

Donal Ryan

Ireland

Omar Youssef Souleimane

Syrie-France

David Toms

Norway-Ireland

Sophie White

Ireland

Presented by

Alliance Française Dublin
French Embassy in Ireland
Dublin Unesco

Partners

Many thanks to their continuing support