Seamus Heaney Lecture Series

11Nov08

The next lecture in the series will be given on Monday, November 17th, when Prof Jim Cummins of the University of Toronto will speak on the theme “All changed? Culture and Identity in Contemporary Ireland”. The venue is St Patrick’s College, Drumcondra, Dublin and the time 8pm.
Admission is free and refreshments will be served after [...]

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Prix Goncourt Winner

11Nov08

The 2008 Prix Goncourt, perhaps France’s most prestigious literary prize, has been awarded to the writer and filmmaker Atiqu Rahimi for his novel Syngué sabour. Pierre de Patience.
Rahimi, born in Kabul in 1962, was raised in a “liberal and westernised” family and attended the Franco-Afghan lycée. His father, a judge, and his uncle were imprisoned [...]

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