CHAPTER 7
NOBEL PRIZE WINNER FOR LITERATURE
No other country with a such a small population has got four Nobel Prize winners for literature
William Butler (1923)
George Bernard (1925)
Samuel Beckett (1969)
Seamus Heany (1995)
Another famous writers
Bram Stoker´s = Dracula
Jonathan Swift = Gulliver´s Travels
JAMES JOYCE (1882 - 1941)
On 16 th June, people in Dublin celebrate the life and work of this poet (bloomsday)
This comes from Joyce's most famous novel, Ulysses
Describes a single day, 16th June 1904, in the life of Leopold Bloom, an Irish Jew living in Dublin.
The date was significan to Joyce - it was hir first date with his wife, Nora Barnade.
Most literally critics consider Ulysses some people find it difficult to understand.
Joyce once said "I will put in so many enigmas and puzzles.
It will keep professors busy for centuries arguing over what meant
Bloomsday
In this day people in Dublin and Joyce fans dress in costumes from the period described in the books.
There are many cultural activities, including readings from the book and visited the places he described in the book
Others works
Dubliners, a collection of short stories = 1914
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man =1916
OSCAR WILDE (1854 - 1900)
Born in Dublin
Father was a doctor
Mother was a poet
He moved to London and published his first collection of poetry in 1881
He worked as an editor for a magazine "Woman's World", to provide money for this family
Over the next six years he published two collections of children's stories
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Importance of Being Earnest
Lady Windermere´s Fan
In 1895, Marquest of Queensberry accused Wilde of homosexuality. The police arrested him and the court sentenced Wilde to two years in prison, he went abroad and lived the rest of his life in Europe.
Wilde became ill in 1900 and died on that same year
C.S LEWIS (1898- 1963)
Born in Belfast (capital of Northern Ireland)
In Oxford he met with J.R.R author, he wrote
The Lord of the Rings
Hobbit
This autor wrote more than 30 books
NARNIA (THE BEST)
C.S Lewis died, but the assassination of USA President the same day.
Only 30 people attended the funeral of the man considered "one of the intellectual giants of the 20 th century"
There is a memorial to C.S Lewis at Poetas Corner in Westmister Abbey, London.