Barbara Wright#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 412 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | LITERARY & THEATRICAL STUDIES |
| Elected: | 1989 |
| Main Country of Residence: | IRELAND |
Barbara Wright passed away December 14, 2019.
Positions Held
- 1978 - 2005 Personal Chair of French Literature, Trinity College, Dublin
- Teaching posts at the Universities of Manchester (1960-61), Exeter (1963-65) and Dublin (1965-2005)
- Dean of the Faculty of Arts (Letters), Trinity College, Dublin (1983-86; 1990-96)
Fields of Scholarship
- Interconnection between literature and painting in 19th-century France
- Artists’ writings
- Genetical, manuscript-based studies
- Literary correspondences
Honours and Awards
- 1954 Scholarship, Trinity College, Dublin
- 1968 Fellowship, Trinity College, Dublin
- 1974 Rémy Martin Awards for Achievements in Franco-Irish Relations
- 1724 - 1974 Recipient of the Award in the field of Education
- 1975 Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Mérite
- 1976 Membre correspondant de l’Académie des Belles-Lettres, Sciences et Arts de La Rochelle
- 1980 Membre du jury du prix de littérature Europalia 80 (littérature belge d’expression française)
- 1988 Member, Royal Irish Academy
- 1988 Awarded Prix Roger Bonniot by the Académie de Saintonge for La Vie et l’œuvre d’Eugène Fromentin, Paris, ACR Editions, 1987
- 1989 Member, Academia Europaea
- 1989 - 2005 Senior Fellow, Trinity College, Dublin
- 1995 Honorary doctorate (Litt.D.), University of Dublin
- 2004 Officier de l’Ordre National du Mérite
- 2012 Honorary Fellow, Royal Irish Academy of Music
- 2019 Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur in recognition of her "exceptional career" in the study of French literature and art
