Donagh MacDonagh
Donagh MacDonagh (born November 12, 1912 in Dublin , † January 1, 1968 ) was an Irish writer and judge .
Life
The son of the poet Thomas MacDonagh was still a young child when his father was executed in 1916 as a participant in the Easter Rising . Tragically, his mother died shortly afterwards in a swimming accident. MacDonagh was educated at Belvedere College and University College Dublin . In 1935 he was appointed a lawyer and in 1941 a judge.
In 1947 he published his first collection of poems, Hungry Grass ; A Warning to Conquerors followed in 1969 . He also edited the Oxford Book of Irish Verse (1958), together with Lennox Robinson . One play, Happy As Larry , has been translated into several languages. He also wrote short stories. He was married twice - his first wife died - and had four children.
Works
Poetry collections
- 1930 - The Golden Treasury of Irish Verse
- 1941 - Veterans and Other Poems -, Cuala Press, Dublin 1941
- 1947 - The Hungry Grass -, Faber & Famer, London 1947
- 1954 - The Ballad of Jane Shore -, Dolmen Press, Dublin 1954
- 1958 - The Oxford book of Irish verse: XVIIth Century - XXth Century , Oxford University Press, 1958… (Ed. With Lennox Robinson )
- 1969 - A Warning to Conquerors -, Dolmen Press, Dublin 1969 ... (Foreword: Niall Sheridan )
Plays
- 1946 - Happy As Larry -, Maurice Fridberg, London 1946
- 1951 - God's Gentry
- 1957 - Step in the Hollow -, Penguin 1959
- 1967 - Thu: A Play in Four Scenes -, Maurice Fridberg, London 1967
- 1980 - Lady Spider
Secondary literature
- Robert Hogan - After the Irish Renaissance -, 1986
- Desmond Ernest Stewart Maxwell - Modern Irish Drama 1891-1980 -, Cambridge 1985
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | MacDonagh, Donagh |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish writer and judge |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 12, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dublin |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1st January 1968 |