Denis Sampson
Irish writer and literary critic
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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]
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]
Works
- The Found Voice: Writers' Beginnings (2016), 192pp. Oxford University Press, ISBN 9780198752998[8]
- A Migrant Heart (2014), 238pp. Montreal: Linda Leith Publishing[3]
- Young John McGahern: Becoming a Novelist (2012), 196pp. Oxford University Press, ISBN 9780199641772[9][10]
- Brian Moore: The Chameleon Novelist (1998), 344pp. Dublin: Marino Books[7]
- Outstaring Nature's Eye: The Fiction of John McGahern (1993), 263pp. Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, ISBN 978-0813207667[10]