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Frank O'Connor (born Michael Francis O'Donovan; 17 September 1903 – 10 March 1966) was an Irish author and translator. He wrote poetry (original and translations from Irish ), dramatic works, memoirs, journalistic columns and features on aspects of Irish culture and history, criticism, long and short fiction (novels and short stories ...
Mar 29, 2024 · Frank O’Connor (born 1903, Cork, County Cork, Ireland—died March 10, 1966, Dublin) was an Irish playwright, novelist, and short-story writer who, as a critic and as a translator of Gaelic works from the 9th to the 20th century, served as an interpreter of Irish life and literature to the English-speaking world.
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- EARLY ON — Frank O'Connor was born Charles Frances O'Connor in Lorain, Ohio on Sept. 22, 1897. He was eight years Rand's senior. The couple met in 1926 in Hollywood while both were working on the 1927 film, "The King of Kings," directed by Cecil B. deMille.
- HIS DEVOTION — O'Connor gave up his acting ambitions to support Rand's work. He worked, for a time, on a farm in Tarzana, California, where they both lived, to support them while she wrote and began to gain notice as a philosopher of great renown.
- A PAINTER — O'Connor and Rand moved to New York and he began a career as a talented and rising painter. He was a member from 1955 to 1966 of the Art Students League of New York, according to his obituary in the New York Times.
- CREATIVE MUSE — Rand credited O'Connor with being deeply influential in her career. "Every hero was modeled after him,” Rand said of her husband, with whom she was married for 50 years.
Frank O’Connor (born Michael Francis O'Connor O'Donovan) (September 17, 1903 – March 10, 1966) was an Irish author of over 150 works, who was best known for his short stories and books of memoirs.
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Frank O'Connor Biography - eNotes.com. Biography. PDF Cite Share. Michael Francis O’Donovan, who later took the name Frank O’Connor, was born in 1903, the only child of a poor laborer and...
Jun 21, 2020 · Although widely read in Western literature, Frank O’Connor’s ( 17 September 1903 – 10 March 1966) literary character is most profoundly influenced by tensions within the literature and life of Ireland, ancient and modern.
Feb 24, 2021 · Frank O’Connor (b. 1903–d. 1966) was the author of six volumes of short stories, the first of which, Guests of the Nation, appeared in 1931; his last volume, Domestic Relations, was published in 1957.
