Authors

Irina Dumitrescu is a writer, critic, and professor of medieval literature. She has a PhD from Yale and now teaches at the University of Bonn. Irina is a columnist at theTimes Literary Supplement and co-host, with Mary Wellesley, of Medieval Beginnings, a podcast at the London Review of Books. Her academic work has been published extensively and her essays have appeared in a wide range of literary journals. She regularly makes appearances on podcasts and radio, including BBC Radio 4, CBC Ideas, and Deutschlandfunk.

Irina is passionate about showing how the lives and ideas of people who lived centuries ago still resonate today. Her first trade book will be published by Faber in the UK and Riverhead (PRH) in the US in 2028

Irina is represented by Charlotte Merritt.