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Word made flesh; Irish letters.(William Butler Yeats)
From: The Economist (US)
Date: 20060527
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How Ireland celebrates its writers
"IF YOU like books, there's plenty to see in Dublin", says the Townie to the Tourist. This advice is not as comical as it may sound. Irish writers have long been absorbed into the fabric of the city's flourishing tourist trade. Young visitors who have never read a word of "Ulysses" pose for their picture standing by the James Joyce statue on O'Connell Street. Funds from the European Union helped organise and open the James Joyce Centre and the Dublin Writers Museum.
April was dedicated to Samuel Beckett's centennial. Like Joyce, Beckett ...
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