A tribute to a life in letters

ONE of the big draws on the programme for Cork World Book Festival, which opens Tuesday, Apr 23, will be Aidan Higgins: A Writer’s Life, a tribute to his contribution to literature.

A tribute to a life in letters

Higgins, 86, grew up in the decaying grandeur of Springfield House, Co. Kildare. His writing returns to the places, events, scents and sounds that made a deep impression on the child and have not left the man now.

Taught to read and write by a determined mother, Higgins began his future career early, by scribbling on walls.

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