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"Frank O'Connor"
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No. 2 ©2019 G. Paul Bishop, Jr.
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Frank
O'Connor
Pseudonym for Michael O'Donovan
1903 - 1966
Writer/Poet/Playwright
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Short-story writer, novelist and playwright, Michael O'Donovan,
under the pseudonym Frank O'Connor, was born in Cork, Co Cork,
Ireland. From a poor family, he worked as a railway clerk and a
librarian. Later, as a member of the Irish Republican Army
(1921-22), he was imprisoned during its civil war. He gained
instant fame with the publication of short stories Guests of
the Nation (1931). He went on to become director of the
Abbey Theatre, Dublin (1936-39); broadcaster for the Ministry of
Information, London during World War II; published writer of
short stories in The New Yorker (1945-61); and appointed
visiting professor to Northwestern University, Harvard
University, and the University of Chicago (1952-60). He is best
known, mainly for collections of short stories, including The
Wild Bird's Nest (1932), Bones of Contention (1936),
Crab Apple Jelly (1944), and The Common Chord
(1947). Also author of autobiographies, An Only Child
(1961), My Fathers' Son (1969); plays, In the Train
(1937), Time's Pocket (1939), The Statue's Daughter
(1940). etc.; translations of Gaelic literature, esp. Brian
Merriman's The Midnight Court (1945), included in
Kings, Lords and Commons (1959); and criticism, The
Lonely Voice (1963), The Backward Look (1967).
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_____. "Frank
O'Connor." Merriam Webster's Biographical Dictionary.
_____. "Frank
O'Connor." biography.com.
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