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David Marcus (1924 in County Cork – 9 May 2009) was an Irish Jewish editor and writer who was a lifelong advocate and editor of Irish fiction. == Life and times == Born in County Cork in 1924, Marcus was the much-loved editor of numerous anthologies of Irish fiction and poetry, including the Phoenix Irish Short Stories collections. Other notable projects included the page ''New Irish Writing'' for the ''Irish Press'', which provided a forum for aspiring Irish authors, publishing most of the most important names in Irish fiction, many for the first time, including Dermot Bolger, Ita Daly, Anne Enright, Neil Jordan, Claire Keegan, John McGahern, Michael Feeney Callan, Bernard MacLaverty, Eilis Ni Dhuibhne, Joseph O'Connor, Colm Tóibín and William Wall. He was, in the words of Fintan O'Toole "the single most important literary editor in Ireland in the second half of the 20th century".〔Fintan O'Toole, Irish Times http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2009/0516/1224246669128.html〕 His 1986 novel, ''A Land Not Theirs'', a fictionalized account of the experiences of the Cork Jewish community during the Irish War of Independence was a bestseller. In 1986, his second novel, which drew on his experiences among the Cork Jewish community, ''A Land in Flames'' was also a popular success. In 2001, Marcus published ''Oughtobiography – Leaves from the diary of a hyphenated Jew'', an autobiographical review of his life as an Irish Jew and as a figure in the field of Irish literature. On 3 June 2005, he was awarded an honorary Degree of Doctor of Literature by the National University of Ireland, University College, Cork Marcus was married to fellow Irish novelist, Ita Daly, and lived in Rathgar in Dublin. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David Marcus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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