Julie Irigaray is an English Literature PhD student at the University of Huddersfield. Her research focuses on Sylvia Plath’s complex relationship with England and her transnational identity as an American writer with strong European connections. She was educated at the University of Paris VII, King’s College London and Trinity College Dublin, where she translated the work of many Irish authors as part of her degree. Julie is also a published poet who works as a creative writing tutor.