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Richard David Ellmann, FBA (March 15, 1918 – May 13, 1987) was an American literary critic and biographer of the Irish writers James Joyce, Oscar Wilde, and William Butler Yeats. He won the U.S. National Book Award for Nonfiction for James Joyce (1959), [1] one of the most acclaimed literary biographies of the 20th century.
9 de mai. de 2024 · Richard Ellmann (born March 15, 1918, Highland Park, Michigan, U.S.—died May 13, 1987, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England) was an American literary critic and scholar, an expert on the life and works of James Joyce, William Butler Yeats, Oscar Wilde, and other modern British and Irish writers.
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A series of public lectures honoring the late Richard Ellmann, a renowned biographer and critic of modern literature. The 2024 lectures celebrate the legacy of Seamus Heaney, who gave the inaugural lectures in 1988.
Richard David Ellmann was a prominent American literary critic and biographer of the Irish writers James Joyce, Oscar Wilde, and William Butler Yeats.
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- May 13, 1987
- March 15, 1918
14 de mai. de 1987 · Richard Ellmann, whose 1959 biography of James Joyce became the definitive work on the Irish novelist, died yesterday in Oxford, England. He was 69 years old.
The Richard Ellmann Lectures are named after the renowned scholar of modern literature, who taught at Emory University. The series features distinguished authors and critics who deliver lectures on various topics related to literature.
Richard Ellmann, during a long and distinguished career, won international recognition as a scholar, teacher of English literature, critic, and biographer. His magisterial life of James Joyce has been widely acclaimed as the greatest literary biography of the century.
