Denis Donoghue: President leads tributes to late scholar and literary critic
Father of novelist Emma Donoghue held professorships at New York University and UCD
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Denis Donoghue: the academic and literary critic has died aged 92
President Michael D Higgins has led tributes to Denis Donoghue, the scholar and literary critic, who has died at the age of 92. He published more than 30 books and held professorships at New York University and his alma mater, University College Dublin. His daughter Emma, the acclaimed novelist, posted news of his death on Twitter overnight.
“An authority on Irish and American literature in their fullest sense, Denis Donoghue was one of the foremost experts on the literary legacies of Ireland, the United States, and England,” the President said.