Michael Anthony Cronin (born 1 October 1960) is an Irish academic specialist in culture,

travel literature The genre of travel literature or travelogue encompasses outdoor literature, guide books, nature writing, and travel memoirs. History Early examples of travel literature include the '' Periplus of the Erythraean Sea'' (generally considered a ...

translation studies Translation studies is an academic interdiscipline dealing with the systematic study of the theory, description and application of translation, interpreting, and localization. As an interdiscipline, translation studies borrows much from the vari ...

and the

Irish language Irish (Standard Irish: ), also known as Irish Gaelic or simply Gaelic ( ), is a Celtic language of the Indo-European language family. It is a member of the Goidelic languages of the Insular Celtic sub branch of the family and is indigenous ...

. He is the current holder of the Chair of French (established 1776) at

Trinity College Dublin Trinity College Dublin (), officially titled The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, and legally incorporated as Trinity College, the University of Dublin (TCD), is the sole constituent college of the Unive ...

Ireland Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...

. Cronin is a member of the

Royal Irish Academy The Royal Irish Academy (RIA; ), based in Dublin, is an academic body that promotes study in the natural sciences, arts, literature, and social sciences. It is Ireland's premier List of Irish learned societies, learned society and one of its le ...

Biography

He was born on 1 October 1960 LC identities
/ref> holds a BA in French and English from

in 1982, a MA from

University College Dublin University College Dublin (), commonly referred to as UCD, is a public research university in Dublin, Ireland, and a collegiate university, member institution of the National University of Ireland. With 38,417 students, it is Ireland's largest ...

and a Ph.D. awarded in 1991 from Trinity College Dublin with a thesis "Ludic elements in the prose fiction of Réjean Ducharme and Gérard Bessette" WorldCat
/ref> He is co-editor of ''

The Irish Review ''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The ...

''. He was elected a member of the

in 2008, and held the post of its Humanities Secretary. He was also the Chairperson of

Poetry Ireland Poetry Ireland () is an organisation for poets and poetry, in both Irish and English, in the island of Ireland. It is a private nonprofit organisation that receives support from the Arts Council of Ireland and the Arts Council of Northern Irela ...

. He was appointed to the Ambassadors Chair at

KU Leuven KU Leuven (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) is a Catholic research university in the city of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. Founded in 1425, it is the oldest university in Belgium and the oldest university in the Low Countries. In addition to its mai ...

for the 2019-2020 academic year.

Published works

Books written by Michael Cronin include: * ''Eco-Travel: Journeying in the Age of the Anthropocene.'' Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022. * ''Irish and Ecology / An Ghaeilge agus an Éiceolaíocht.'' Dublin: Foilseacháin Ábhair Spioradálta, 2019. * ''Eco-Translation: Translation and Ecology in the Age of the Anthropocene.'' Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2017. * ''Translation in the Digital Age.'' Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2013. ** Arabic translation published as الترجمة في العصر الرقمي Translated by Dr. Mubarak Alkhatnai of King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia ** Polish translation published as ''Przekład w epoce cyfrowej'', translated by Marta Błaszkowska, Magda Heydel, Elżbieta Koziołkiewicz, Maciej Nawrocki, Aldona Pikul, Zofia Ziemann, Kraków: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, 2016 * ''Translation Goes to the Movies.'' New York, NY: Routledge, 2009. * ''Translation and Identity.'' London: Routledge, 2006 * '' Irish in the New Century.'' Dublin: Cois Life, 2005 * ''Translation and Globalization'', Routledge, 2003. According to WorldCat, the book is held in 281 libraries ** Arabic translation published as ''الترجمة والعولمة / al-Tarjamah wa-al-ʻawlamah'' ** Japanese translation published as ''翻訳とグローバリゼーション : 新翻訳事始め / Hon'yaku to gurōbarizēshon : Shin hon'yaku kotohajime'' * (with Barbara O'Connor) ''Irish Tourism: Image, Culture and Identity'', Channel View Publications, 2003. According to WorldCat, the book is held in 591 libraries WorldCat item record
/ref> * ''Time Tracks: Scenes from the Irish Everyday'', New Island, 2003. * ''Irish Tourism: Image, Culture and Identity'', Cork University Press, 2002. * (with Cormac Ó Cuilleanáin) ''The Languages of Ireland'', Four Courts Press, 2002. * ''Translating Tomorrow: Translation, Technology and Interculturality in a Global Age]'', Routledge, 2002. * ''Across the Lines: Travel, Language, Translation'', Cork University Press, 2000. * ''Unity in Diversity? Current Trends in Translation Studies'', St Jerome Press, 1998. * ''Anthologie des nouvelles irlandaises'', L'Instant meme, 1997. * ''Translating Ireland: Translation, Languages and Identity'', Cork University Press, 1996. * ''Tourism in Ireland: A Critical Analysis'', Cork University Press, 1993. Books edited by him include: * ''The Languages of Ireland'', Four Courts Press, 2003. * ''Reinventing Ireland: Culture, Society and the Global Economy'', Pluto Press, 2002.

References

External links

Official site

Home Page at Trinity College Dublin
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