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Ernest Boyd 

Dublin, Ireland

Ernest Boyd, Editor, translator, critic, and essayist, was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1887.  He was educated privately, reading much in French literature and later attending school in Switzerland and Germany.  In 1910 he became a member of the editorial staff of the Irish Times in Dublin as a dramatic critic and political reporter.  He entered the consular service of Great Britain and was stationed in Baltimore for a while.  After his resignation from that service in 1920 Boyd made his residence in New York City and began to contribute articles to American magazines.  He wrote editorials for the New York Evening Post  and the Literary Review. He was a reader for the Alfred K. Knopf, publishers, and for the Theatre
Guild.  His later editorial work included a column "Readers and Writers" in the Independent and an editorship on The New Freeman.  Beside his numerous  translations, Boyds literary productions include: Contemporary Drama of Ireland, Appreciations and Depreciations, Real and Imaginary, Studies in Ten Literatures, H.L. Mencken, After the Fireworks,  and The Pretty Lady, the last two being comedies.

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