Seán O'Faoláin (1900–1991)
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Sean Ó'Faoláin was born February 22, 1900 in Cork, Ireland. He attended Lancasterian National School, and later Presentation Brothers, from 1913-18. He entered UCC on a scholarship in 1918 and studied English, French and Latin. He learned Irish at Gaelic League and graduated with English Language vis mere and Literature Honors in 1921. Shortly after entering University College, Cork, he joined the Irish Volunteers. He fought in the War of Independence. During the Irish Civil War, he served as Censor for the Cork Examiner and as publicity director for the IRA. After the Republican loss, he received M.A. degrees from the National University of Ireland and from Harvard University where he studied for three years. Ó'Faoláin was a Commonwealth Fellow from 1926 to 1928; and was a Harvard Fellow from 1928 to 1929. From 1929 to 1933 Ó'Faoláin lectured at the Catholic college St Mary's College, at Strawberry Hill in London, England, during which period he wrote his first two books. He published in 1932 his first book, "Midsummer Night Madness," a collection of stories partly based on his Civil War experiences. He returned to his native Ireland. Ó'Faoláin was a member of Aosdána, and was elected Saoi, Aosdána's highest accolade, in 1986. He died in 1991. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
Værker af Seán O'Faoláin
South to Sicily 5 eksemplarer
The life story of Eamon de Valera 3 eksemplarer
The Silver Branch: A Collection of the Best Old Irish Lyrics, Variously Translated by Sean O'Faolain (ed.) by Sean… (1938) 3 eksemplarer
The Collected Stories Sean O'Faolain Volume 2: The Heat of the Sun v. 2 (Fiction - general) (1981) 2 eksemplarer
Midsummer Night Madness & other stories, etc 2 eksemplarer
Innocence (Love Stories) 2 eksemplarer
A Born Genius 2 eksemplarer
The Autobiography of Wolfe Tone 2 eksemplarer
The Bell 2 eksemplarer
Lovers of the Lake 2 eksemplarer
A Summer in Italy 1 eksemplar
An Irish Journey 1 eksemplar
Sinners 1 eksemplar
An Irish journey 1 eksemplar
The Cork Review 1 eksemplar
An Irish Journey 1 eksemplar
The Spurious Fenian Tale 1 eksemplar
The Silence Of The Valley 1 eksemplar
The Born Genius 1 eksemplar
The Judas Touch 1 eksemplar
A Dead Cert 1 eksemplar
Fugue 1 eksemplar
The Patriot 1 eksemplar
A Broken World 1 eksemplar
The Old Master 1 eksemplar
Admiring The Scenery 1 eksemplar
Discord 1 eksemplar
The Confessional 1 eksemplar
Mother Matilda's Book 1 eksemplar
One True Friend 1 eksemplar
Teresa 1 eksemplar
Unholy Living and Half Dying 1 eksemplar
Up The Bare Stairs 1 eksemplar
The Trout 1 eksemplar
The Fur Coat 1 eksemplar
The End Of A Good Man 1 eksemplar
The End of the Record 1 eksemplar
Lord And Master 1 eksemplar
Persecution Mania 1 eksemplar
An Enduring Friendship 1 eksemplar
Childybawn 1 eksemplar
The Bell {assorted volumes} 1 eksemplar
I did Penal Servitude 1 eksemplar
O świętości i whiskey 1 eksemplar
Literatura na Świecie, 1976, 4 (60) 1 eksemplar
Finest stories of Sean O'Faolain 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
Great Irish Writing: The Best from the Bell (Classic Irish Fiction) (1978) — Bidragyder — 21 eksemplarer
Many-Colored Fleece: An Anthology of Twentieth-Century Catholic Fiction (2022) — Bidragyder — 9 eksemplarer
Ten Years of Holiday: Selected by the Editors of Holiday Magazine (1956) — Bidragyder — 8 eksemplarer
American Aphrodite: A Quarterly for the Fancy-Free (Volume 1, Number 1) (1951) — Bidragyder — 3 eksemplarer
Modern Short Stories — Bidragyder — 2 eksemplarer
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- Kanonisk navn
- O'Faoláin, Seán
- Juridisk navn
- Whelan, John Francis (born)
Ó Faoláin, Seán Proinsias - Andre navne
- Ó Faoláin, Seán
- Fødselsdato
- 1900-02-22
- Dødsdag
- 1991-04-20
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- Ireland
- Fødested
- Cork, Ireland
- Dødssted
- Dublin, Ireland
- Bopæl
- Cork, County Cork, Ireland (birth)
Dublin, Ireland (death)
England
USA - Uddannelse
- National University of Ireland
Harvard University - Erhverv
- critic
short-story writer
novelist
biographer
autobiographer - Relationer
- O'Faolain, Julia (daughter)
Bowen, Elizabeth (lover)
O'Faolain, Eileen (wife)
Martines, Lauro (son-in-law) - Organisationer
- Irish Republican Army
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