Doireann MacDermott

Doireann MacDermott
WRNS photo of MacDermott, 1943[1]
Born
Doireann MacDermott Goodridge

(1923-12-13)13 December 1923
Died13 November 2024(2024-11-13) (aged 100)
Citizenship
  • British
  • Irish
  • Spanish
Alma mater
Occupations
  • Translator
  • academic
  • writer
EmployerUniversity of Barcelona
Spouse
(m. 1953; died 2007)

Doireann MacDermott Goodridge (/ˈdɔːriən məkˈdɜːmət/ DOR-ee-ən mək-DUR-mət;[2] 13 December 1923 – 13 November 2024) was an Irish translator, writer, an academic in the field of Spanish philology, and a professor of English studies at the University of Barcelona.[2][3][4] She pioneered the study of the language and literature of the English-speaking countries of the former Commonwealth.[5]

  1. ^ "Las fotos de la vida de Doireann MacDermott". Diario de León [es] (in Spanish). 18 March 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  2. ^ a b Firth Marsden, Kathleen (9 January 2015). "15 minuts amb... Doireann MacDermott" [15 Minutes with...] (in Catalan and English). University of Barcelona. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  3. ^ Reckwitz, Erhard; Vennarini, Lucia; Wegener, Cornelia, eds. (1994). Yearbook of the Association for the Study of the New Literatures in English. Vol. 3. Gesellschaft für die Neuen Englischsprachigen Literaturen. Die Blaue Eule. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Association for the Study of the New Literatures in English, p. 300. ISBN 3892065454.
  4. ^ Gaitero, Ana (18 March 2023). "La pionera de los estudios de inglés que se enamoró de El Bierzo" [The pioneer of English studies who fell in love with El Bierzo]. DiarioDeLeon.es.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference pioneer was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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