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Declan Kiberd
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.
His niece Evanna Lynch is an actress 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.
Kiberd was born in Dublin. 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.
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. 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.
In 2011 Kiberd became the Donald and Marilyn Keough Professor of Irish Studies and an English professor at the University of Notre Dame.
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.
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Declan Kiberd
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.
His niece Evanna Lynch is an actress 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.
Kiberd was born in Dublin. 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.
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. 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.
In 2011 Kiberd became the Donald and Marilyn Keough Professor of Irish Studies and an English professor at the University of Notre Dame.
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.