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Diana Senechal

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Diana Senechal is the 2011 winner of the Hiett Prize in the Humanities and the author of Republic of Noise: The Loss of Solitude in Schools and Culture (2011) and Mind over Memes: Passive Listening, Toxic Talk, and Other Modern Language Follies (2018), and the poetry collection Solo Concert (2025).

She has been living and teaching in Szolnok, Hungary since November 2017. Her translation of Gyula Jenei's 2018 poetry collection Mindig más (Always Different: Poems of Memory) was published in 2022 by Deep Vellum. In addition, she has extensively translated the Lithuanian poet Tomas Venclova, as well as a number of Hungarian authors. She is currently writing a book about the songwriting partnership of Tamás Cseh and Géza Bereményi.

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What mystery in your own life could be a plot for a book?

Diana Senechal Some of the mysteries in my life are already plots for books! For instance, I find a lot of my life in Tristram Shandy, Steppenwolf, and A Confederacy…moreSome of the mysteries in my life are already plots for books! For instance, I find a lot of my life in Tristram Shandy, Steppenwolf, and A Confederacy of Dunces.(less)

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Diana Senechal I had to think about this, since my favorite literature is not especially known for its couples. There are some exceptions, though. I think my favorit…moreI had to think about this, since my favorite literature is not especially known for its couples. There are some exceptions, though. I think my favorite is the couple in Nikolai Gogol's story "Old-World Landowners," Afanasy Ivanovich and Pulkheria Ivanovna. Although their existence has hints of the absurd--their chief delight is food, and Pulkheria Ivanova continually tantalizes her husband with delicious appetizers--this may be the most tender relationship in all of Gogol's work. It's as real and poignant as it is silly. Even their names are poignant: Afanasy derives from Athanasius, "immortal," and "Pulcheria" from the Latin "pulcher," "beautiful." As it turns out, their relationship is neither immortal nor (entirely) beautiful; there are hints all along of death and rupture. They can survive only in an enclosed world; their own world, for all its seclusion, is not and cannot be fully enclosed.(less)

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	Republic of Noise: The Loss Of Solitude in Schools and Culture 3.86 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 2011 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Winter Dialogue by Tomas Venclova, Joseph Brodsky (Foreword), Diana Senechal (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.26 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 1989 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Junction: Selected Poems by Tomas Venclova, Ellen Hinsey (Translator), Diana Senechal (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.23 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2008 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mind over Memes: Passive Listening, Toxic Talk, and Other Modern Language Follies 3.16 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cult of Success 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Solo Concert it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Republic of Noise: The Loss of Solitude in Schools and Culture by Diana Senechal (2014-03-12) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes! It has been an exceptional day; it started yesterday evening, with my trip to Budaörs to see the dress rehearsal of Julius Caesar at the Budaörsi Latinovits Színház. Before the play, I climbed up the Kő-hegy (“Stone Hill”), something I have wanted to do for a long time. […]

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