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Ernest Augustus Boyd
1887–1946
A sharp-eyed Irish critic, journalist, and translator, this Dublin-born writer helped introduce modern Irish and European literature to a wider English-speaking audience. After beginning in journalism and consular work, he built a lively literary career in New York.
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The Sacred Egoism of Sinn Féin
by Ernest Augustus Boyd
About the author
Born in Dublin on June 28, 1887, Ernest Augustus Boyd was educated privately and also studied in France, Germany, and Switzerland. He worked for The Irish Times early in his career, and later entered the British consular service.
Boyd became known as a writer, journalist, literary critic, and translator with a strong interest in Irish and European literature. Reference sources describe him as an important interpreter of the Irish literary revival, and his books include Ireland's Literary Renaissance and The Contemporary Drama of Ireland.
In 1920 he left the consular service and moved to New York, where he devoted himself to literary work and became a notable figure in American literary circles. He died on December 30, 1946.