I contributed an article to the book La France et l'Irlande: destins croisés 16e-21e siècles. I wrote (en français) about the visit to Ireland in the 1920s of the French journalist Simone Téry (1897-1967).
Téry, who was writing for the left-leaning newspaper L'Oeuvre, first visited Ireland in July 1921. Her front page articles contain vivid accounts of what life was like in Ireland at this crucial time in its history. She built up great friendships with many of the people she met, including the writer and artist, George Russell, who was known by the pseudonym AE. Téry visited the Soviet Union in 1935 and subsequently began writing for L'Humanité (the paper linked with the French Communist Party). She is a very interesting writer who worked in journalism for four decades and produced several books based on her visits abroad, including Ireland, China and Russia. There's an informative article from L'Humanité about her here that's written in French.
The Irish launch of the book took place at The Alliance Française in Dublin on the 16th of May 2013. Edited by Catherine Maignant and published by Septentrion, it is a book of conference proceeding of the 2011 AFIS (Association of Franco Irish Studies) conference, which took place in the Université de Lille III in May 2011. The book is a fascinating collection of essays on Franco-Irish relations between the 16th and 21st centuries, written by established academics and researchers, as well as those who are in the early stages of their career, ie. me.
bookmark, showing the names of the contributors
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