[en] Galway writer Alan McMonagle participated in the Conference II St. Patricks Day International Seminar: Irish Itinerary 2019 (EFACIS) and Women in Irish Culture at the Centre of Irish Studies Banna / Bond, University of La Rioja (EFACIS Centre European Federation of Associations and Centres of Irish Studies). The following interview took place there on 12 March 2019, covering issues of creative writing, formal innovation, poetry, short story, radio drama, film noir, comic fiction, dark laughter, gender, Beckett, Greek and Russian literature, and social inclusion and exclusion in Irish culture. McMonagle offers a number of insightful responses and shares his views on writing, relationships and his motivations to write. McMonagle has contributed stories to many journals in Ireland and North America over more than a decade and is the author of two collections, Liar, Liar (2008) and Psychotic Episodes (2013), both nominated for the Frank OConnor Short Story Award. He has received awards for his work from the Professional Artists Retreat in Yaddo (New York), the Fundación Valparaíso (Spain), the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity (Canada) and the Arts Council of Ireland. Early in 2014, his radio play Oscar Night was produced and broadcast as part of RTÉs Drama on One season. Three years later, in 2017, McMonagle produced and broadcast another play, People Walking on Water. He is a contributor to the anthology Young Irelanders (edited by Dave Lordan, 2015). In November 2015, he signed a two-book deal with Picador and his first novel, Ithaca, was published in March 2017. He was immediately nominated for the Desmond Elliott Prize for first novels. At the moment, he is writing his second novel for Picador.

[fr] En 2019, Alan McMonagle, écrivain originaire de Galway, a participé au colloque " II St. Patricks Day International Seminar : Irish Itinerary 2019 (EFACIS) and Women in Irish Culture " au Centre of Irish Studies Banna / Bond de luniversité de La Rioja (centre EFACIS European Federation of Associations and Centres of Irish Studies). Cest dans ce cadre que lentretien qui suit, daté du 12 mars 2019, a été réalisé. Il aborde lécriture créative, linnovation formelle, la poésie, les nouvelles, le théâtre radiophonique, le film noir, la fiction comique, lhumour noir, le genre, Beckett, la littérature grecque et russe, ainsi que linclusion et lexclusion sociales dans la culture irlandaise. McMonagle apporte à ces thèmes de nombreux éclairages avisés et partage son point de vue sur lécriture et les relations interpersonnelles ainsi que sur ses sources dinspiration. McMonagle a publié de nombreux récits dans différentes revues en Irlande et en Amérique du Nord depuis plus dune décennie. Il est lauteur de deux recueils, Liar, Liar (2008) et Psychotic Episodes (2013), tous deux sélectionnés pour le prix Frank OConnor Short Story Award. Son uvre a été récompensée par la Professional Artists Retreat de Yaddo (New York), la Fundación Valparaíso (Espagne), le Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity (Canada) et lArts Council of Ireland. Début 2014, sa pièce radiophonique, Oscar Night, est diffusée dans lémission " Drama on One " de RTÉ. Trois ans plus tard, en 2017, McMonagle écrit une autre pièce, People Walking on Water. Lauteur irlandais a également contribué à lanthologie Young Irelanders (dirigée par Dave Lordan, 2015). En novembre 2015, il signe un contrat pour deux romans chez Picador, dont le premier, Ithaca, est sorti en mars 2017. Celui-ci a immédiatement été sélectionné pour le prix Desmond Elliot dédié aux premiers romans. Son second roman chez Picador est actuellement en cours décriture.