Denis Sampson

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Denis Sampson is an Irish writer and literary critic who was born in Whitegate, County Clare [1] 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. [2] [3] [4] He is review editor for the Canadian Journal of Irish Studies and an English teacher at Vanier College, Montreal. [5]

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His published works include studies of the works of John McGahern [6] and of Brian Moore. [7]

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. [1]

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  1. 1 2 "Whitegate native set for literary return". Clare Herald . 27 January 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  2. ↑ Gébler, Carlo (December 2018). "A Life in Books". Dublin Review of Books (106). Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  3. 1 2 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.
  4. ↑ Haverty, Anne (9 May 2015). "Review: A Migrant Heart, by Denis Sampson". The Irish Times. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  5. ↑ "Denis Sampson". The Lilliput Press . Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  6. ↑ "NUI Galway to host McGahern lecture". Connacht Tribune . 22 April 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  7. 1 2 "A novelist's journey to the west". The Irish Times. 5 December 1998. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  8. ↑ Maye, Brian (16 July 2016). "The Found Voice: Writers' Beginnings by Denis Sampson". The Irish Times. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  9. ↑ O'Kelly, Emer (2 April 2012). "Review: Young John McGahern: Becoming a Novelist by Denis Sampson". Irish Independent. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  10. 1 2 Maher, Eamon (3 March 2012). "John McGahern: how language made life more real". The Irish Times. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
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