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Taste: 22-24 March 2024

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Suad Aldarra

Ireland / Syria



Suad Aldarra is a Syrian-Irish writer and data scientist based in Dublin. She was selected as the Common Currency writer in residence for Cuirt International Festival and English/Irish PEN in 2021 and was awarded the Art Councils of Ireland English Literature bursary. Her debut memoir, “I Don’t Want to Talk About Home”, published by Penguin, was shortlisted for An Post Irish Biography of the Year Award.

Suad Aldarra est une écrivaine et scientifique de données syro-irlandaise vivant à Dublin. Elle a été sélectionnée en tant qu’auteur en résidence ‘Common currency’ dans le cadre du Festival International Cuirt. Elle a reçu le Prix English/Irish PEN en 2021 et la Bourse de littérature anglophone du Conseil irlandais des Arts. Son premier mémoire « I Don't Want to Talk About Home » publié chez Penguin, a été sélectionné pour le prix An Post de la biographie irlandaise de l’année.

>> Suad Aldarra will be present at the opening performance (22nd March, 7pm, Alliance Française) and at the last panel “Emerging Tastes” (24th March, 11am, Alliance Française)

Other writers

We welcome this year 12 writers of French, English and Irish languages


Sheila Armstrong

Ireland

Pierre Assouline

France

Emmanuelle Bayamack-Tam

France

Mahi Binebine

Morrocco

Marina Carr

Ireland

Oscar Coop-Phane

France

Diarmuid Johnson

Ireland

Ciara Ní É

Ireland

Eimear Ryan

Ireland

Pascale Pujol

France

Kim Thúy

Québec





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Alliance Française Dublin
French Embassy in Ireland
Dublin Unesco

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