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Claire Kilroyová

Claire Kilroy is an Irish writer from Dublin. She debuted with her novel All Summer (2003) which won the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature. The anthology Winter Pages 1 contains her autobiographical essay about her post-partum struggles with the decrease of her mental strength and a vain longing to return to writing, which she followed up with her novel Soldier Sailor.
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 Claire Kilroyová

Guest program

The Myth of Happy Motherhood in Literature

Book World Prague 2025

15:00 - 15:50

Nakladatelství PROSTOR

Czech, English

Debate between Irish author Claire Kilroy and writer Klára Vlasáková and journalist Barbora Voříšková. How does literature succeed in unravelling the complex...

Friday, 16. 5. 2025