Michael Cronin is an academic specialist in culture, translation and the Irish language, a Full Professor with a Personal Chair in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Dublin City University, Ireland.
Background
He was born October 1, 1960 holds a Bachelor from Trinity College Dublin, an Master of Arts awarded in 1982 from University College Dublin and a Doctor of Philosophy awarded in 1991 from Trinity College Dublin with a thesis "Ludic elements in the prose fiction of Réjean Ducharme and Gérard Bessette".
Education
University College Dublin. Trinity College.
Career
He is coeditor of The Irish Review.
Membership
He was elected a member of the Royal Irish Academy in 2008, and holds the post of its Humanities Secretary, He is also the Chairperson of Poetry Ireland.