Notes on Contributors (in order of appearance

Alexander Fay is a a proud native of Dublin’s North Inner City, he studies physics and entered Trinity through the Trinity Access Programmes (TAP). 'Fay' has roots in Old French - 'fae', both spellings relating to 'fairy'. The 'aos sí' (people of the mounds) of Irish mythology are comparable to fairies.

Cristina Keiko Tomita is a Japanese / Brazilian illustrator residing in France, born in Rio de Janeiro. Children’s book illustration is her main work. She is eternally searching the spiritual enchantment in life.

Cian Dunne is a a Junior Sophister student of English Literature and Russian.

Penny Stuart is an experimental and published Dublin artist. She draws from life with charcoal and also does very large abstract acrylic paintings that are strong colour and textural statements. Exhibitions include an exhibition with Trinity Arts Workshop at Pearse Centre Dublin, June 2019.

Amelia O’Mahony-Brady is a final-year History of Art & Architecture and Italian student currently on sabbatical. Her interdisciplinary research explores intersections between dress, identity, culture and heritage, with her evolving dissertation centred on fashion-and-art fusions across 20th century Italy.

Samuel Oliver Maguire is a third-year English and German student at Trinity. His recent discovery of the activists and writers May Ayim, Semra Ertan and Katharina Oguntoye led him down a wonderful wormhole of diaspora literature and poetry in the German language, he thinks everyone should read them.

Aislinn Ní Dhomhnaill is a Junior Sophister student of Irish and French.

Michael McCaffrey is a student in Trinity’s M.Phil in Literary Translation Program, working with Spanish and Portuguese literature.

Bowen Wang is a PhD student in the School of English and Early Career Researcher based at Long Room Hub. He holds an MSc in Literature and Modernity at University of Edinburgh. His literary translations have previously been published by the Washington Square Review, Trinity JoLT, and Penguin Books (China).

Emma Gilheany is in her third year of Modern Irish and Spanish (TSM) in Trinity College Dublin and harbours a passion for both languages. Her admiration of the 19th Century poet Bécquer grew in her second year, leading her to translate some of his poems to Irish.

Evvie Kyrozi is a visual artist from Greece. She studied animation, is a member of various artistic societies and has taken part in many group exhibitions in Greece and abroad. Works of hers can be found in private collections, public spaces such as museums and hospitals, and several publications.

Jerie Macapagal: on all levels including physical, Jerie loves. She won't explain but she hopes you have a beautiful day.

Nathaniel Makin is a MPhil Literary Translation student with an interest in eco-translation. He translations from French, Spanish and Japanese into English.

Phelim Ó Laoghaire misses friends. Is having trouble sleeping. Will stay in touch. From all sides at once, goodmorning and goodnight.

Meg Kellett-Whitwham has read this spell out loud many times, but she promises you that nothing happened.

Conor Brendan Dunne is a recent graduate of the M.Phil. in Literary Translation from Trinity College Dublin. He translates from French and Spanish into English. He has a soft spot for anything left-field, envelopepushing or tradition-smashing.

Peter Weakliam is a PhD student in the TCD Irish department. His thesis will be on the theme of freedom in the work of contemporary prose writer Pádraig Ó Cíobháin.

Sophie Drummond is a French student in Literary Translation at Trinity College Dublin. During her undergraduate studies in English and Linguistics at the University of Aberdeen, she has gained experience in audiovisual and literary translation. Today, she is passionate about translation in the fantasy genre.

Oz Russell is a third year History and Political Science student from Dublin, Ireland.

Rebecca Coxon is a third year student in Trinity College Dublin. She is currently studying English Literature and Nua-Ghaeilge (Modern Irish).

Anastasia Fedosova is a second-year English Literature student. Originating from Moscow, she is a Russian native speaker, and is currently learning German. Anastasia is fascinated by the twentiethcentury world literature, especially Modernism in various arts, and she is hoping to pursue her interests in this field in the future.

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Trinity Journal of Literary Translation Volume 9, Issue II (Spring 2021)

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Cover art by Liadan Ruaidhrí Stockman