Jenny Farrell
LATEST ARTICLES BY Jenny Farrell
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Chingiz Aitmatov: Getting to know a world-famous writer from Kyrgyzstan
June 12, 2023Aitmatov’s view of humanity is marked by tragic features. Nevertheless, it is not dystopian. With his work, he sharpens readers’ awareness of the strengths of humanity.
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East German author Katja Oskamp wins Dublin Literary Award with ‘Marzahn, Mon Amour’
June 1, 2023Oskamp writes with understanding and compassion, preserving and enacting the sense of solidarity and community that was a feature of GDR society.
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First they burned books, then people: Lessons of the Nazis’ 1933 book blaze
May 9, 2023A Berlin memorial shows the horror beneath the surface and issues a warning for our time.
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Sean O’Casey’s ‘The Shadow of a Gunman’ at 100
April 3, 2023He was the first English-speaking playwright of proletarian origin to enter the stage of the world theatre.
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Alexandra Kollontai: International Communist leader and fighter for women’s liberation
March 31, 2023As People’s Commissar for Social Affairs in Soviet Russia, Kollantai was the first woman in history to serve in a government Cabinet.
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‘Siblings’: An East German novella reminds us of what had once been possible
March 6, 2023It comes 60 years after the original German novella appeared. The translator is Lucy Jones.
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Brendan Behan on the centenary of his birth
February 7, 2023Brendan Behan was arguably one of the last writers to emerge from the Irish literary revival movement.
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‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ review: An ahistorical film that rings hollow
January 18, 2023International film awards are by no means a good film guide. This applies to The Banshees of Inisherin as much as to the rest of them.
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