O'Connor, Frank, 1903-1966
Biographical Note
Irish author and translator Frank O'Connor (Michael Francis O'Donovan) was born September 17, 1903 in Cork city to Mary "Minnie" O'Donovan (née O'Connor) and Michael O'Donovan. Beginning in the mid-1920s, O'Connor published numerous short stories and translations of poems from Irish, as well as dramatic works, memoirs, journalistic columns and features on aspects of Irish culture and history, criticism, novels, biography, and travel books. His work focused on Irish culture and language, with a particular eye to the relationship between modern Ireland and traditional Gaelic culture. Active on the Republican side in the Irish War of Independence and Irish Civil War, O'Connor was interned in Gormanston. After this experience, he turned against republicanism and political violence generally. O'Connor was married twice, to Esther Evelyn Bowen Speaight (1939-1953) and Harriet Randolph Rich (1953-1966), and had five children with them and with Joan Knape. O'Connor died from a heart attack in Dublin on March 10, 1966.
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Boston College collection of Frank O'Connor
Correspondence, publications, and manuscripts by Irish author and translator Frank O'Connor.
Collection is open for research.