The Stanford Humanities Center presents:

Finnegans Awake: A Day of Irish Poetry

Scheduled for May 4, 2000, this event will bring to the Stanford community four poets from Ireland in addition to Stanford's own Eavan Boland. The purpose of this event is to let us hear the voices of--and have a conversation with--some of the most important poets in a country for which poetry is an integral part of its culture, identity, politics. This is a significant historical moment for Ireland. The readings and discussions will provide an opportunity for us to consider the current state of affairs in Ireland and its impact on their work as poets.

A Day of Irish Poetry is organized in conjunction with a concurrent four-day celebration of Irish literature:

Finnegans Awake: A Festival of Irish Writers

May 4-7, 2000

organized by the Irish Consulate in San Francisco

in association with the Irish Arts Foundation

Finnegans Awake draws attention to the fact that Irish writing did not end with Joyce and Beckett. There is a renaissance of creative work in all areas of the arts in Ireland today, and especially in the literary arts for which the country is so well known. This festival brings together over twenty of Ireland's top poets and novelists--an unprecedented gathering in the United States!

Links

• For more information on A Day of Irish Poetry (schedule, parking, maps)
• For more information on Finnegans Awake (festival web site)
• Return to Stanford Humanities Center Home Page

Acknowlegements

Additional support for this event was provided by:

The President of Stanford University, Dean of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University Library and Academic Information Resources, Channel 51, Stanford University Bookstore, Department of English, and Department of Comparative Literature.

The Humanities Center gratefully acknowledges their contributions.

This event was organized by the following people:

Elaine Gradman (Event Coordinator, Stanford Humanities Center), Susan E. Dunn (Associate Director, Stanford Humanities Center), Robert Harrison (Rosina Peirroti Professor of Italian, Stanford), Bliss Carnochan (Richard Lyman Professor of English, Emeritus, Stanford), Adrienne Janus (Graduate Student, Department of Comparative Literature, Stanford University), and Kevin Conmy, Consul General of Ireland, San Francisco.

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