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Liam O'Flaherty

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Liam O'Flaherty

別名: Liam Ó Flaithearta

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性別
男性
生誕
1896-08-28 （Inishmore, Ireland）
死没
1984-09-07 （Dublin, Ireland） 88歳
国籍
Ireland
言語
English, Irish
宗教
Christianity 1896年受洗 （洗礼名: William）
居住地歴
Inishmore, Ireland → Dublin, Ireland → London, UK → United States

経歴

職業
novelist, short-story writer
活動期間
1923年〜1958年
所属
Communist Party of Ireland, Radical Club
所属団体
Communist Party of Ireland
影響を受けた人物
Pádraic Ó Conaire
影響を与えた人物
Seán O'Casey

学歴

Rockwell College
unknown
期間: 1908頃
国: Ireland
Attended at age 12
Blackrock College Dublin
unknown
期間: 1913
国: Ireland
Transferred as lay student
University College Dublin
Classics and Philosophy
期間: 不明
国: Ireland
Attempted to form Volunteer unit

受賞歴

James Tait Black Memorial Prize
1925
対象作品: The Informer
主催: University of Edinburgh
結果: won

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

The Informer

1925年 Novel

Story of an informer during the Irish War of Independence.

betrayalpovertyrevolution
映像化・舞台化
  • [Film] The Informer / John Ford (1935)
  • [Film] The Informer / Arthur Robison (1929)

The Sniper

1923年 Short story

A sniper during the Irish Civil War.

warfratricide

全著作

  • Thy Neighbour's Wife (1923)
  • The Informer (1925)
  • Famine (1937)

作家による翻訳

  • Dúil (1953, Irish short stories)

作風・主題

文体
realismexpressionismsocialistmodernist
頻出モチーフ
common people's experiencehorrors of warpoverty and oppression

健康

  • shell shock
    1917-生涯
    Profoundly affected his mental health throughout his life.

評価・遺産

One of the foremost socialist writers in early 20th-century Ireland, writing from the common people's perspective.

資料所蔵先

  • Liam & Tom O’Flaherty Society

大衆文化への影響

  • Novels adapted to films, notably John Ford's The Informer.

豆知識

  • Wrote short story collection Dúil in Irish.
  • Suffered shell shock from WWI injuries.
  • Founding member of Communist Party of Ireland.