James Tait Black Memorial Prizes
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Edition 14 (1932) Winner
Stephen Gwynn
スティーブン・グウィン
Suteibun Guwin
Aliases:
Stephen Lucius Gwynn
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1864-02-13 （St Columba's College, Dublin）
- Died
- 1950-06-11 （Terenure, Dublin） age 86
- Nationality
- Irish
- Languages
- English, French
- Religion
- Church of Ireland
- Residence History
- Rathfarnham, Dublin → Ramelton, County Donegal → Dublin → Oxford → London → France
Career
- Occupations
- journalist, biographer, author, poet, politician, soldier
- Active Years
- 1886-1950
- Affiliations
- Irish Literary Society (secretary), Gaelic League, Maunsel and Company (co-founder)
- Memberships
- Irish Parliamentary Party, Irish Centre Party, Irish Dominion League
- Influenced By
- William Smith O'Brien, John Redmond
- Influenced
- Aubrey Gwynn, Denis Gwynn
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Columba's College | — | Preparatory school | — | — | Ireland |
St Columba's College
Preparatory school
Country:
Ireland
Early education
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1915 | Legion of Honour | — | — | French Republic | Chevalier |
| 1930 | James Tait Black Memorial Prize | The Life of Mary Kingsley | — | University of Edinburgh | Winner |
| 1940 | Honorary D.Litt. | — | — | National University of Ireland | 受賞 |
| 1945 | Litt.D. | — | — | University of Dublin | 受賞 |
| 1950 | Gregory Medal | — | — | Irish Academy of Letters | 受賞 |
Legion of Honour
1915
Organization:
French Republic
Result:
Chevalier
James Tait Black Memorial Prize
1930
Work:
The Life of Mary Kingsley
Organization:
University of Edinburgh
Result:
Winner
Honorary D.Litt.
1940
Organization:
National University of Ireland
Result:
受賞
Litt.D.
1945
Organization:
University of Dublin
Result:
受賞
Gregory Medal
1950
Organization:
Irish Academy of Letters
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Life of Mary Kingsley
1930 BiographyBiography of explorer Mary Kingsley, winner of James Tait Black Memorial Prize.
explorationwomen's roles
John Redmond's Last Years
1919 BiographyAccount of the final years of Irish Parliamentary Party leader John Redmond.
Irish independencepolitics
The Charm of Ireland
1927 TravelTravel book describing Irish landscapes and culture.
Irish topographyculture
Bibliography
- Memorials of an Eighteenth Century Painter (James Northcote)
- Highways and Byways in Donegal and Antrim
- Tennyson
- The Decay of Sensibility
- The Old Knowledge
- The Queen's Chronicler
- Today and Tomorrow in Ireland
- Henry Grattan and his Times
- The Masters of English Literature
- Thomas Moore
- The Fair Hills of Ireland
- A Holiday in Connemara
- Robert Emmet: a historical romance
- The Case for Home Rule
- Beautiful Ireland: Pictured by Alexander Williams; described by Stephen Gwynn
- Battle Songs for the Irish Brigade
- The Famous Cities of Ireland, with illustrations by Hugh Thomson
- Letters from a field hospital. With a memoir of the author by Stephen Gwynn
- Mrs. Humphry Ward
- For Second Reading: Attempts to Please
- John Redmond's Last Years
- The Irish Situation
- History of Ireland
- Collected Poems
- Ireland
- Experiences of a Literary Man (autobiography)
- In Praise of France
- The Scholar's Treasury: a Book of Irish Poetry
- The Charm of Ireland
- Captain Scott
- The Letters and Friendships of Sir Cecil Spring Rice
- Ulster, Munster, Leinster
- Burgundy; with chapters on the Jura and Savoy
- The Life of Mary Kingsley
- Sir Walter Scott
- The Life of Horace Walpole
- The Life and Friendship of Dean Swift
- The Charm of Ireland (revised edition)
- Oliver Goldsmith
- Ireland in Ten Days
- Irish Literature and Drama in the English Language
- The Happy Fisherman
- From River to River
- Two in a Valley
- Dublin Old and New
- Robert Louis Stevenson
- Salute to Valour
- Aftermath
- Memories of Enjoyment
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Prolific across literary genresHumanistic and tolerantSpecialist in biography and 18th-century history
- Recurring Motifs
- Irish topography18th centurytravel and winefishing
Legacy
Prominent Protestant Nationalist, journalist, biographer, author, poet, and politician. Served in WWI, advocated moderate cultural nationalism, involved in Irish Literary Revival, authored numerous biographies, histories, and travel books on Ireland. Sons became notable scholars.
Quotes
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'Two in a Valley'—a handsome quarto—is the sketch-book of a successfully 'atmospheric' artist in black and white. Mr. Gwynn's accompanying letterpress, setting down the impressions of a comparative stranger in the Coln Valley, is slight, and sometimes, quite irrelevantly, he follows a red herring—or more precisely a trout! But even when most discursive he is good company... He brings both freshness and penetration of observation to the Cotswold scene, where as much as anywhere on our island, the works of Nature and man are one.
Source: The Guardian (1938)
Trivia
- Father was a clergyman and Regius Professor of Divinity at Trinity College Dublin.
- Mother was daughter of Irish nationalist William Smith O'Brien.
- Brothers included provost of Trinity College and noted cricketers.
- One of few Irish Parliamentary Party MPs to enlist in WWI.
- Married his cousin; wife converted to Catholicism, children raised Catholic.