European Voices

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European Voices: Simone de Beauvoir
In the first of our new series on European writers, we're joined by Dr Mary McAuliffe of the Women's Studies department in UCD, and Dr Maria Scott, to take a look at the work of the French writer Simone de Beauvoir.

Dr McAuliffe and Dr Scott discuss the work of Simone de Beauvoir

European Voices: Gunter Grass
This week our European Voices series leads us to German Writer, Gunter Grass. We take a look at some of his greatest work, including his masterpiece, 'The Tin Drum', written in 1959.

Hugo Hamilton, writer and Moray McGowan, Professor of German at TCD talk about Gunter Grass.

European Voices: Marcel Proust
Continuing our European Voices series, tonight we look at the work of Marcel Proust.

Writer and translator Frank Wynne and writer and broadcaster Nuala O'Faolain discuss the work of Marcel Proust

European Voices: Milan Kundera
Continuing our 'European Voices' series, we take a look at the work of Czechoslovakian writer Milan Kundera, who is best known for his novels 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being' and 'The Book of Laughter and Forgetting'. Dr Eibhear Walsh, Lecturer in Modern English at University College Cork, and Katie Donovan, poet, join us to discuss his work.

Dr Eibhear Walsh and Katie Donovan discuss Milan Kundera

European Voices - Italo Calvino
Continuing with our European Voices series, we take a look at the life and work of Italian writer Italo Calvino. Michael Cronin, of DCU's Centre for Translation & Textual Studies, and Roberto Bertoni, of the Italian Department at Trinity College Dublin, join us to discuss his work.

Roberto Bertoni and Michael Cronin discuss the work of Italo Calvino

European Voices - Joseph Roth
Continuing our European Voices series, we look at the work of Joseph Roth, a man whose extraordinary work seemed to anticipate all that would come with Hitler. Neglected for years after his death, Roth's work has recently enjoyed something of a resurgence in the past two decades. Poet and translator Eva Bourke, & translator and writer Michael Hoffman join us to discuss his work.

Eva Bourke and Michael Hoffman look back on the work of Joseph Roth

European Voices - Marguerite Duras
Continuing our European Voices series, this week we look at the work of French writer Marguerite Duras. She is regarded as one of the great lyrical voices of 20th century literature.

Novelist and poet Anne Haverty and Jean-Philippe Imbert from DCU's School of Applied Languages and Intercultural Studies discuss the work of Marguerite Duras

European Voices: Sandor Marai
Continuing our European Voices series, tonight we look at the work of Hungarian writer Sandor Marai.

Hungarian writer George Szirtes and Booker Prize nominee Tibor Fischer discuss the life and work of Sandor Marai

European Voices: Ryszard Kapuscinski
Continuing our European Voices series, we take a look at the life and work of Polish correspondent and travel writer Ryszard Kapuscinski. For many years he was the only foreign correspondent with The Polish Press Agency reporting on wars, coups and revolutions, and is widely acknowledged as bridging the gap between literature and reporting. Zbyszek Zdiniski, RTE Radio Presenter; and Dr Tomasz Kamusella, Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies at Trinity College Dublin, discuss his life.

Zbyszek Zdiniski & Dr Tomasz Kamusella discuss Ryszard Kapuscinski

European Voices - Franz Kafka
Continuing our European voices series, we look at Czech writer Franz Kafka, who is best known for his story 'The Metamorphosis' and his novels 'The Trial' and 'The Castle'. Considered one of the most influential writers in western literature, Eileen Battersby, Literary Correspondent with the Irish Independent; and Darragh Downes, Journalist and Academic; join us to discuss his life and work.

Eileen Battersby and Darragh Downes on Franz Kafka

European Voices: Luigi Pirandello
Continuing our 'European Voices' series, tonight we look at the work of Nobel Prize-winning author Luigi Pirandello.

Dr Ursula Fanning of the Italian Studies Department at University College Dublin and Malcolm Hamilton, Founding Director and Writer-in-Residence at the Blue Raincoat Theatre Company, discuss the work of Luigi Pirandello.

European Voices: Jean-Paul Sartre
This week's featured author in the 'European Voices' series is French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre.

Playwright Melissa Murray and writer and translator Frank Wynne discuss Sartre's life, fiction and philosophy

European Voices: Bertolt Brecht
We discuss the life and works of the great German dramatist Bertolt Brecht with Irish Times journalist Fintan O'Toole and Professor Moray McGowan of Trinity College, and listen to a song and an extract from 'Mother Courage And Her Children'.

We discuss Brecht with Fintan O'Toole and Moray McGowan.

European Voices: Federico Garcia Lorca
Poet and translator Michael Smith and Ciaran Cosgrove of Trinity College Dublin join us to discuss the remarkable life and work of the Spanish poet Lorca.

Michael Smith and Ciaran Cosgrove discuss Lorca's life and work.

European Voices - Anais Nin
Continuing our 'European Voices' series, we look at the work of writer and diarist Anais Nin. Considered a beauty of Hispanic, French and Danish extraction, Nin led an exotic and frequently incredible existence, which is discussed by Rebecca Pelan, of the School of English and Drama at UCD; and translator Frank Wynne.

Rebecca Pelan and Frank Wynne discuss the work of Anais Nin.

European Voices: Halldor Laxness
This week in our European Voices series, we discuss the work of Iceland's Halldor Laxness, one of the great and perhaps neglected writers of the last century. Having died just 10 years ago, his epic and masterpiece was 'Independent People'. Eilis NiDhuibhne, novelist; and Rory McTurk, Professor of Icelandic Studies at Leeds University, discuss Laxness' career.

Eilis NiDhuibhne and Rory McTurk discuss the career of Halldor Laxness.

European Voices: Henrik Johan Ibsen
As part of our European Voices series, this week we discuss the work of Norwegian playwright Henrik Johan Ibsen, who has been described as the father of modern theatre. Joining us to discuss his work are Dr Nicholas Greene, professor of English literature at Trinity College Dublin; and actor Ingrid Craigie.

Dr Nicholas Greene and Ingrid Craigie discuss the work of Henrik Johan Ibsen.

European Voices: Gustave Flaubert
Continuing our 'European Voices' series, tonight we look at the life and work of French author Gustave Flaubert.

Brigette Le Juez of the School of Applied Languages and Intercultural Studies at Dublin City University, and Frank Wynne, writer and translator, discuss the life and work of Gustave Flaubert

European Voices: Robert Musil
Continuing our 'European Voices' series, we look at the work and writings of Austrian writer Robert Musil. Daragh Downes, academic and critic; and Jeanne Riou, of the School of Languages and Literature at UCD, discuss Musil's work.

The life and work of Robert Musil is discussed.

European Voices: Primo Levi
Continuing our 'European Voices' series, we look at the life and work of Italian writer Primo Levi, a Jewish- Italian chemist and Holocaust survivor. We're joined by Mark O'Halloran, screenwriter; and Melissa Murray, broadcaster.

Mark O'Halloran and Melissa Murray discuss the life and work of Primo Levi.

European Voices: WG Seabald
Continuing our 'European Voices' series, we look at the life and work of German writer WG Seabald. Aengus Woods, student of philosophy at the New School for Social Research in New York; and George Szirtes, Hungarian born poet and translator, join us to discuss Seabald's work.

Aengus Woods and George Szirtes discuss the life and work of WG Seabald.