Peig Sayers Books
Peig Sayers was an Irish storyteller and autobiographer who, despite being unable to read or write, became a master seanchaí. Her narrative art was rooted in a tradition where she absorbed countless tales from her father. These stories, dictated to others, form the basis of her renowned autobiographical work. Her writing, transcribed by her son, offers a window into the life and culture of an island community that was eventually abandoned.
Known affectionately as "the Queen of Gaelic Storytellers," Peig Sayers here offers reminiscences of the daily events that made up her life (such as seal catching, collecting turf for roofs, preparing for a funeral wake) alongside the tragedies of drownings at sea, pilgrimages, and the news of the 1916 revolution in Dublin City. It is a unique record of an essential part of the oral Gaelic tradition.
Peig Sayers' (1873-1958) Autobiographie gilt als eines der größten Werke der irischen Literatur. Die "Königin der Geschichtenerzähler" vewrbrachte die größte Zeit ihres Lebens auf der großen Blasket-Insel, Irlands westlichstem Punkt, wo die gälische Sprache und die keltische Denk- und Ausdrucksweise mit einem immensen Reichtum an Folklore lange Zeit bewahrt werden konnte.
