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JAMES JOYCE: A SHOUT IN THE STREET

Anjelica Huston James Joyce: A Shout In the Street IMG_7788 Image Name: Anjelica Huston James Joyce: A Shout In the Street IMG_7788
Anjelica Huston James Joyce: A Shout In the Street IMG_7786 Image Name: Anjelica Huston James Joyce: A Shout In the Street IMG_7786
David Simon James Joyce A Shout in the Street Image Name: David Simon James Joyce A Shout in the Street
Jeffrey Eugenides James Joyce A Shout in the Street Image Name: Jeffrey Eugenides James Joyce A Shout in the Street
Eimear McBride James Joyce A Shout in the Street Image Name: Eimear McBride James Joyce A Shout in the Street
Dominic West James Joyce A Shout in the Street Image Name: Dominic West James Joyce A Shout in the Street

James Joyce is widely regarded as one of the most important writers of the last century.  His most famous novel, Ulysses, may be demanding of its readers, but it is also regarded as one of the most influential books ever written.

In this documentary, James Joyce: A Shout in the Street, Anjelica Huston tells the story of his extraordinary life and work. Joyce’s story begins with his chaotic childhood in Dublin. What follows is a roller-coaster of ambition, rejection, fame, madness and, above all, sacrifice – both of himself and of those close to him.

Joyce’s unflinching commitment to his art took place in a continent convulsed by political upheavals and cataclysmic wars, and his life ended in a last desperate flight from the Nazis. Anjelica Huston has a special connection with Ireland and with Joyce’s work. She grew up in the West of Ireland, and she delivered a remarkable performance in the last movie made by her father, the legendary film-maker John Huston, in an adaptation of Joyce’s short story, The Dead.

John Huston was seriously ill when he directed the film, and he died before its release, but it remains one of his greatest achievements. This documentary is an international co-production between RTÉ, the BBC and ARTE – the French-German cultural channel.

 

 

THE CONTRIBUTORS.

Colm Tóibín

He is a multi-award winning novelist, critic, poet and playwright. His awards include the Encore Award in 1993; the International IMPAC Award in 2006; the Los Angeles Times Novel of the Year 2004; the Lambda Literary Award in 2004; the Costa Novel Award in 2009; theFrank O’Connor International Short Story Award in 2011; the Hawthornden Award in 2015; the Dayton Literary Peace Prize in 2017; and the Kenyon Review Award for Literary Achievement also in 2017. He has been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 1999, in 2004, and in 2013. In 2007, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature; in 2008, he was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Literature by the University of Ulster. He is currently Professor of the Humanities at  Columbia University,  and was appointed Chancellor of Liverpool University in 2017. His novel “Brooklyn” was adapted as a feature film, and was nominated for three Oscars in 2015. His novels have been translated into many European languages, and he was recently named as one of  “Britain’s Top 300 Intellectuals” – despite being Irish

 

Anne Enright

She is a multi-award-winning novelist, short story writer, critic and essayist. Her awards include the Rooney Prize in 1991; the Encore Prize in 2001; the Man Booker Prize in 2007; the Irish novel of the Year in 2008; and the Carnegie Prize for Excellence in Fiction in 2012. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and became the first Laureate for Irish fiction to be appointed by Ireland’s Government.  Her novels have been translated into many European languages. She has taught creative writing at University College, Dublin, and at New York University.

 

David Simon

 

He is a multi-award winning writer, producer, and journalist. His awards include the Edgar Award in 1992 and 2007; the Writers’ Guild of America Award in 1995 and 2008. He was also nominated for this award in 2009, 2011 and 2016; and received nominations for Emmys in 2005, 2008, 2010, and 2014. He won Emmys in 2000 and 2015. He also won the Ian McLellan Hunter Award in 2014, and became a MacArthur Fellow in2010. His work has been translated into many European languages, and the TVprogrammes which he has written and produced have been screened in many countries. He is best known for producing and writing five series of The Wire, and his latest TV production, Deuce, has received great critical acclaim.

 

Jeffrey Eugenides

He is a multi-award winning novelist, short story writer andessayist. His awards include the Aga Khan Prize for Fiction in 1991; the Whiting Award in 1993; The Harold D. Vursell Award in 1995; the National Book Critics’ Award in 2002; the Pullitzer Prize for Fiction in 2003; the Welt Literaturpreis in 2003; and the FitzGerald Prize in 2013. In 1986, he was awarded a Nichol Fellowship in Screenwriting by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1994, and became a Berlin Prize Fellow in 2000. In 2013, he was named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2014, he was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Letters from Brown University. His work has been translated into many European languages.

 

Eimear McBride

She is a multi-award winning novelist. Her awards include the Goldsmiths Prize in 2013; the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize in 2013; the Bailey’s Women’s Prize in 2014; the Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award in 2014; and the Desmond Eliott Prize in 2014. Her novels have already been translated into several European languages.

 

John Banville

He is a multi-award winning writer, critic and essayist. His awards include the Allied Irish Banks’ Award in 1973; the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1976; the Guardian Fiction Prize in 1981;’ the Guinness Peat Aviation Award in 1989; the Premio Ennio Flaiano in 1991; `the Lannan Literary Award in 1997; the Premio Nonino in 2003;  the Prix Madeleine Zepter in 2007,; the Franz Kafka Prize in 2011; the Austrian State Prize in 2013; and the Prince of Asturias Award in 2014. He was awarded a Macauley Fellowship in 1973, and became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2008.  He was appointed Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts, and was elected to the Irish Arts Association, Aosdana, in 1984. He was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1989, and won the Prize in 2005. His work has been translated into many European languages.

 

Dominic West

 

He is s an award-winning actor, director, and musician. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, where he first encountered the work of Joyce. His awards include the Screen Actors’ Guild Award in 2003; Satellite Awards in 2015 and 2016; a Monte Carlo TV Festival Award in 2012; the Phoenix Film Critics’ Award in 2003; A Gold Derby Award in 2012; Critics’ Choice Awards in 2012 and 2013; a Royal Television Society Award in 2012.  He won a BAFTA award in 2012, and was nominated for another BAFTA in 2014. He was also nominated for Golden Globes in 2012 and 2015.

 

 

Fintan O’Toole

He is an award-winning author, columnist, literary and drama critic and newspaper columnist. His awards include The Cross Award for a Supreme Contribution to Irish Journalism in 1993; the Justice Award of the Incorporated Law Society in 1994; the Millennium Social Inclusion Award in 2000; An Irish Book Award in 2013; and the European Press Award in 2017. Hewrites about political and cultural matters for the Irish Times and is a regular contributor to the New York Review of Books. From 2011, he has been a Visiting Lecturer at Princeton University. In 2011, he was named as one of “Britain’s Top 300 Intellectuals” – despite not being Irish, or living in the UK. His work has been translated into several European languages.

 

Frank McGuinness

He is a multi-award winning Irish novelist, playwright, poet and critic. His awards include the Rooney Prize for Literature in 1985; the Cheltenham Literary Prize in 1985; the Ewart-Biggs Peace Prize in 1987; The Prague International Television Award in 1990; The New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award in 1992; and The Writers’ Guild Award in 1992. He was nominated for Olivier Awards in 1992 and 1999. He was nominated for a Tony Award in 1992, and won a Tony in 1996. He was awarded the French Order of Arts and Letters in 1997, and the 1997 Irish PEN Award in 2014. He has been Professor of Creative Writing in  University College Dublin (UCD)since 2007. His work has been translated into several European languages, and his latest novel – which is focused on the last years of Joyce’s life – has received widespread critical acclaim..

 

 

Ruth Gilligan

She is a young Irish novelist, journalist, lecturer, and occasional actor. She published her first novel while she was still at school – reaching number one in the Irish bestsellers’ list.  She was also the youngest ever recipient of an O’Reilly Foundation Scholarship. Her work has been translated into several European languages, and has also been published in the USA . She is a regular book reviewer in the Times Literary Supplement the Guardian, and the Los Angeles Review of Books.

 

Edna O’Brien

She is an acclaimed novelist, short story writer, critic. essayist, and the Grande Dame of Irish Letters. Her awards span several decades, and include the Kingsley Amis Award in 1962; The Los Angeles Times Book Prize in 1990; the Premio Grinzane Cavour Award in 1991; The Writers’ Guild Award in 1993; the European Prize for Literature in 1995; the Irish PEN Award in 2012;.the Bob Hughes Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009; and the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Prize in 2011. Her books – which include an acclaimed biography of James Joyce – have been translated into many European languages. In 2006, she was appointed adjunct professor of EnglishLiterature in University College, Dublin.