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Ita Daly participó en la mesa redonda “Escritores sin escrúpulos: intimidad, violencia y humor en literatura” / Writers without scruples: Intimacy, violence and humour in literature. Entrevistada por Sergio Angulo. Edición de video: Cris Méndez.

Temas como la identidad y la memoria, la violencia o el humor fueron tratados por los invitados Ita Daly, Christopher Domínguez Michael, Rafael Gumucio y Catherine Dunne, con la moderación de Ciaran Cosgrove (Trinity College Dublin).

Ita Daly (Drumshanbo, Leitrim, Irlanda) ha publicado cinco novelas, una colección de cuentos y dos libros infantiles. Ha recibido el premio Hennessy Literary Award y el Irish Times Short Story Award. Su obra ha sido traducida al sueco, danés, japonés, italiano y alemán y sus relatos cortos han aparecido en revistas de Irlanda, Inglaterra y Estados Unidos.

Uno de sus libros de relatos, The Lady With the Red Shoes, forma parte del plan de estudios de las escuelas de secundaria alemanas.

Topics such as identity and memory, violence or humour were dealt with by guests Ita Daly, Christopher Domínguez Michael, Rafael Gumucio and Catherine Dunne, chaired by Ciaran Cosgrove (Trinity College Dublin).

Ita Daly (Drumshambo, Co. Leitrim) has published five novels, one collection of short stories and two books for children. She has won two Hennessy Literary Awards and an Irish Times Short Story Award. Her last novel, Unholy Ghosts (1997), was long listed for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. Her work has been translated into Swedish, Danish, Japanese, Italian and German and her short stories have appeared in magazines in Ireland, England and America.

Her short story collection The Lady With the Red Shoes (1980) is currently on the secondary school curriculum in Germany.