Denis Sampson is an Irish writer and literary critic who was born in Whitegate, County Clare in Ireland in 1948 and now lives in Montreal, Canada. In 2015 he wrote a memoir, A Migrant Life, about his rural Irish childhood and his passion for books. He is review editor for the Canadian Journal of Irish Studies and an English teacher at Vanier College, Montreal.
His published works include studies of the works of John McGahern and of Brian Moore.
Sampson has a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in English language and literature from University College, Dublin and a PhD in English language and literature from McGill University, Montreal.
He is a cousin of Irish novelist Edna O'Brien.
Works
- The Found Voice: Writers' Beginnings (2016), 192pp. Oxford University Press, ISBN 9780198752998
- A Migrant Heart (2014), 238pp. Montreal: Linda Leith Publishing
- Young John McGahern: Becoming a Novelist (2012), 196pp. Oxford University Press, ISBN 9780199641772
- Brian Moore: The Chameleon Novelist (1998), 344pp. Dublin: Marino Books
- Outstaring Nature's Eye: The Fiction of John McGahern (1993), 263pp. Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, ISBN 978-0813207667
References
- ^ "Whitegate native set for literary return". Clare Herald. 27 January 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
- Gébler, Carlo (December 2018). "A Life in Books". Dublin Review of Books (106). Retrieved 8 December 2018.
- ^ Arthur, Chris (Summer 2015). "A Migrant Heart by Denis Sampson (review)". New Hibernia Review. 19 (2): 146–147. eISSN 1534-5815. ISSN 1092-3977. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
- Haverty, Anne (9 May 2015). "Review: A Migrant Heart, by Denis Sampson". The Irish Times. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
- "Denis Sampson". The Lilliput Press. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
- "NUI Galway to host McGahern lecture". Connacht Tribune. 22 April 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- ^ "A novelist's journey to the west". The Irish Times. 5 December 1998. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
- Maye, Brian (16 July 2016). "The Found Voice: Writers' Beginnings by Denis Sampson". The Irish Times. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
- O'Kelly, Emer (2 April 2012). "Review: Young John McGahern: Becoming a Novelist by Denis Sampson". Irish Independent. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
- ^ Maher, Eamon (3 March 2012). "John McGahern: how language made life more real". The Irish Times. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
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Categories:- 1948 births
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- 20th-century Irish male writers
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- 21st-century Canadian male writers
- 21st-century Irish non-fiction writers
- 21st-century Irish male writers
- 21st-century Irish memoirists
- Canadian literary critics
- Irish emigrants to Canada
- Irish literary critics
- Literary critics of English
- People from Whitegate, County Clare
- Writers from County Clare
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