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Diseño: Estudio Garp

Claire Keegan is one of Ireland’s most significant authors today, with stories and novels that reach across borders as they are translated into numerous languages, including Spanish. But how does she build her narrative? What is it about her writing that brings her such acclaim from readers and other writers? What authors and writings have influenced her? Writer Declan Kiberd interviews Claire Keegan in what is bound to be a lively discussion.

After the event, the Embassy of México will kindly offer some refreshments.

Biographies

Claire Keegan’s works of fiction have won numerous awards and are now translated into more than thirty five languages. She has published Antarctica (Rooney Prize for Irish Literature), Walk the Blue Fields (Edge Hill Prize), Foster (Davy Byrnes Award) and Small Things Like These, shortlisted for the Booker Prize.

Declan Kiberd is an Irish writer and scholar. Has teach at Notre Dame and at UCD for decades. He has been visiting professor at Cambridge, Sorbonne, Harvard and Duke. He has published ten books on Irish writing. He is member of Royal Irish Academy and of American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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