Beginner's Pluck: Nicholas Greene

BORN in America, Grene spent his childhood on a farm in County Wicklow.

His parents were both academics. “And I went into the family trade,” says Gene. “It wasn’t altogether intentional. It was one thing after another. I was in college. I loved literature. And at the end of four years, I decided I wanted to go on with it.” As professor of English literature at Trinity College Dublin, Grene has published three academic books.

Who is Nicholas Grene?