There will be a focus on the life and work of Irish writer Kate O´Brien, celebrating her connections with Bilbao en particular, the Basque Country and Spain. She based one of her most well known novels "Mary Lavelle" in Portugalete and Bilbao.
There will also be a launch of the new translation in Spanish of Kate O´Brien´s biography of Teresa of Avila to coincide with the 500th anniversary of ther birth (1515-2015).
Bibliography
Kate O´Brien A Writing Life by Eibhear Walshe University College Cork
Irish Academic Press Dublin, 2006).
Mary Lavelle (London:Heinemann, 1936). Reprinted by Virago, London, 1984.
Pasiones Rotas. Mary Lavelle ( Edhasa, 1998).
That Lady (London: Heinemann, 1946). Reprinted by Virago, London 1985. Esa Dama. La historia de la Princesa de Éboli (Edhasa, 1986).Reprinted, 2003.
Farewell Spain (London: Heinemann, 1937). Impressions received by Kate
O´Brien during her year in the Basque Country. A print on demand book published by Virago Press in 2006.
Teresa of Avila (London: Max Parrish, 1951). (Cork: The Mercier Press, 1967).
Information:
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