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Eileen Battersby is the controversial chief literary critic of ''The Irish Times''. She has divided opinion, having been described by John Banville as "the finest fiction critic we have", while attracting the ire of Eugene McCabe after she famously insulted Dermot Healy in 2011.〔 ==Biography== Battersby was born in California.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Eileen Battersby )〕 She graduated with honours in English and History from University College Dublin, and went on to receive an honours MA on American writer Thomas Wolfe.〔 She began reviewing books and sports writing which led her into a career in journalism as a staff arts writer with ''The Irish Times'', eventually becoming the chief Literary Correspondent.〔 She has written on archaeology, history, architecture, geography and horses.〔 Battersby published a memoir, ''Ordinary Dogs: A Story of Two Lives'' (2011), about her two rescue dogs. Her collection ''Second Readings'' (2010) features 52 of her reviews. She has discussed Kafka on RTÉ Radio 1. Battersby has won the National Arts Journalist of the Year award four times.〔 In 2011, Battersby provoked a major scandal when she attempted to dismantle Dermot Healy's novel ''Long Time, No See''. Her scathing review prompted a letter of protest from Eugene McCabe who castigated her for disemboweling "one of the great masters of Irish writing." 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「Eileen Battersby」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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