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Brian O'Nolan

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Brian O'Nolan

別名: Brian Ó Nualláin
ペンネーム: Flann O'Brien（Pen name for English novels）, Myles na gCopaleen（Pen name for newspaper columns）, Brother Barnabas（Pen name for student magazine）, George Knowall（Pen name for local newspaper column）

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性別
男性
生誕
1911-10-05 （Strabane, County Tyrone, Ireland）
死没
1966-04-01 （Dublin, Ireland） 54歳
国籍
Irish
言語
English, Irish
宗教
Catholic
居住地歴
Strabane, County Tyrone, Ireland → Dublin, Ireland

経歴

職業
Civil servant, Novelist, Playwright, Satirist
活動期間
1939年〜1966年
所属
Department of Local Government
所属団体
Literary and Historical Society (University College Dublin)
影響を受けた人物
James Joyce
影響を与えた人物
Robert Anton Wilson

学歴

Synge Street Christian Brothers School
期間: 少年期
国: Ireland
Semi-autobiographical depiction in The Hard Life
Blackrock College
期間: 二次教育期
国: Ireland
Taught English by John Charles McQuaid
University College Dublin
Literary and Historical Society
期間: 1930年代
国: Ireland
Founded literary magazine Blather

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

At Swim-Two-Birds

1939年 Metafiction, Satire

A modernist novel featuring characters from other fictions rebelling against their author.

MetafictionSatireIrish mythology

The Third Policeman

1940年 Satire, Fantasy

A murderer enters a bizarre world with policemen and satire on philosopher De Selby.

Atomic theoryBicyclePhilosophical parody

An Béal Bocht

1941年 Parody novel

Irish-language parody of poverty memoirs.

Parody of Irish language revivalPoverty

The Hard Life

1961年 Semi-autobiographical novel

Fictional autobiography of schooldays.

EducationCatholic schools

The Dalkey Archive

1964年 Satire, Fantasy

Satirical novel featuring a Joyce-like figure.

Scientific parodyReligion
映像化・舞台化
  • [Stage] The Saints Go Cycling In / Hugh Leonard (1965)

全著作

  • At Swim-Two-Birds
  • The Third Policeman
  • An Béal Bocht
  • The Hard Life
  • The Dalkey Archive
  • Slattery's Sago Saga

翻案

  • The Dalkey Archive stage adaptation

作品の翻訳

  • The Poor Mouth (English translation)

作風・主題

文体
Unconventional humourMetafictionSatire
頻出モチーフ
De Selby philosophyBicycle atomic theoryIrish civil service life

健康

  • Alcoholism
    生涯の多く
    Led to health decline and forced retirement
  • Throat cancer
    晩年
    Underwent X-ray treatment, contributed to death
  • Heart attack
    1966年
    Cause of death

評価・遺産

Major figure in twentieth-century Irish literature, key in modernist and postmodernism, known for satirical columns.

関連学会

  • International Flann O'Brien Society

資料所蔵先

  • Harry Ransom Center
  • Southern Illinois University
  • Boston College

大衆文化への影響

  • 2012 Google Doodle
  • 2011 Irish postage stamp
  • Bronze sculpture outside Palace Bar, Dublin

引用

  • I declare to God if I hear that name Joyce one more time I will surely froth at the gob.
    出典: Reported statement
  • Blather is here. As we advance to make our bow, you will look in vain for signs of servility... We are an arrogant and depraved body of men.
    出典: Blather magazine (1934年)

豆知識

  • Third of 12 children
  • Father was customs official with frequent moves
  • Used pseudonyms extensively during civil service
  • Died on April 1, 1966 (April Fool's Day)