James Joyce's language legacy: three perspectives on his infinite influence
Mary Costello, Niamh Campbell, Enrico Terrinoni
Join Mary Costello, Niamh Campbell and Enrico Terrinoni for a discussion on how Ulysses and its many translations have influenced the perception of Ireland across Europe and helped to form generations of new Irish writers
The series celebrates the roles of Irish writers, publishers and translators in bringing Irish literature to a European readership and the Irish readers who read European literature in translation.
The conversations are inspired by Literature Ireland's collection of Irish literature in translation, which are also included in the the National Library's book collection.
Niamh Campbell and Mary Costello are writers whose work have clear echoes of Ulysses.
Enrico Terrinoni is a renowned academic, writer and translator, and has translated Irish authors such as Brendan Behan, James Stephens, Oscar Wilde, Michael D. Higgins, GB Shaw and James Joyce (Ulysses, Finnegans Wake and Dubliners, all in collaboration with Fabio Pedone).
Mary Costello is a bestselling Irish short story writer and novelist living in Galway. Her first novel, Academy Street, won the Irish Novel of the Year award at the Irish Book Awards, and was named overall Irish Book of the Year. Her latest novel is A Beautiful Loan. Mary's novel The River Capture was described in the Guardian as a "beautifully modulated novel about a Joyce obsessive whose life has stalled, bending Ulysses to its own ends."
Niamh Campbell is the author of This Happy, We Were Young, and Make Strange. She has won the Audible Short Story Award and the Rooney Prize for Irish Writing. Niamh named Joyce's The Dead as her favourite short story upon winning the Audible Short Story Award.
Funded as part of the Culture Programme for Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2026. In partnership with Literature Ireland.
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