Dublin writers and the art of conversation

Dublin is the fourth UNESCO City of Literature, one of 28 UNESCO Cities of Literature worldwide.With four Nobel prize winners (Yeats, Beckett, Shaw and Heaney), a brace of universities of global distinction in Trinity and UCD, over half a dozen books festivals, the internationally prestigious Dublin Literary Award and a world class new city library in the planning, it is without doubt that Ireland’s capital has words in its blood.The Literature designation is one of seven designations within theCreative Cities Network.To find out about future events, sign up to our newsletterhttps://dcpla.ie/city-of-literature-newsletteror sign up on our websitewww.dublincityofliterature.ie

Dublin UNESCO City of Literature

The 6th Annual Dublin UNESCO City of Literature Lecture by  Professor Chris Morash, Seamus Heaney Professor of Irish Writing, TCD

Dublin City Library & Archive

<p>The writer Lady Gregory, reflecting back on her life, once observed that conversations with her friends had enriched her writing, teaching her “swiftness in putting thought into a word, a sentence”; and this has been true for many writers. Hidden beneath many of the great literary works of Dublin’s writers are lost conversations, words that passed through the air before they were formulated into sentences on a page. For some writers, talking was important enough that they organised regular literary salons, opening their houses to one another on a particular night every week, where they gathered to discuss life and literature. </p><p>This talk will look at a few of those Dublin literary salons, the writers who frequented them, and their cultivation of the art of conversation.</p>

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