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Annalisa Mastronardi is from Rome. She received an undergraduate degree in Languages and Foreign Cultures from Roma Tre University in 2016 and completed her M.A in Literatures and Intercultural Translation in 2018. In 2019, she moved to Dublin where she is pursuing a PhD on James Joyce’s legacy in contemporary Irish women’s writing in DCU. She also writes fiction.

Literature Features

Contemporary Irish Literature: an Expanding Chorus of Voices

Annalisa Mastronardi Feb 25, 2021 0

A country of storytellers, poets and writers, Ireland has always been a rich breeding ground for language lovers but never before has Irish literature been this prolific. John Patrick McHugh, Naoise Dolan and Megan Nolan are just a few of…

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Women Translators go crazy for Joyce

Annalisa Mastronardi Jun 15, 2020 0

In the last decade, women have proved to be the most passionate translators of Joyce. Among these are Dai Congrong, Marianna Gula, Akram Pedramnia, Iglika Vassileva, Tamar Gelashvili, Dirce Waltrick do Amarante and Jolanta Wawrzycka who…

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Books Can Save Your Life: How James Joyce’s Ulysses has utterly changed mine.

Annalisa Mastronardi Jun 12, 2020 0

I first heard about ‘paralysis’ and ‘epiphany' as a student in secondary school. Those words echoed around my mind, enveloped in a veil of mystery. It was my English teacher who talked to us about Ulysses - a massive book set on a unique…