Maurice Walsh

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Maurice Walsh (born April 21, 1879 in Ballydonoghue near Listowel , County Kerry , † February 18, 1964 in Blackrock, suburb of Dublin ) was an Irish writer.

Life

Walsh was the eldest son of farmer John Walsh and his wife Elizabeth Buckley. Walsh graduated from elementary school in Lisselton, and later moved to St. Michael's College in Listowel.

After graduating, Walsh got a job with the Civil Service . With effect from July 2, 1901, he began to work as an Assistant Revenue Officer in Scotland. Interested in literature since childhood, he now also began to write. If his first attempts were dismissed as inexperienced, he was able to successfully debut in the Irish Emerald in 1908 with two short stories .

On August 8, 1908 he married in Dufftown ( Banffshire ) in Scotland, Caroline Begg. Walsh was nationalist with heart and soul and when the Irish Free State was proclaimed on December 2, 1922 , he went to Ireland with his family.

In 1933 Walsh gave up his job and devoted himself only to his literary work. He had been a member of the PEN Association of Ireland for some time and in 1938 he was also appointed president there. His most important task as such was to represent his homeland at a writers' congress in the USA .

Shortly before his 85th birthday, Maurice Walsh died on February 18, 1964 in Blackrock (Dublin) and found his final resting place next to his wife († 1941) in Esker Cemetery in Lucan ( County South Dublin ). Irish President Éamon de Valera was present at the funeral and also gave a short speech.

reception

As a nationalist, Walsh was politically connected to his homeland and these views were repeatedly discussed in his novels. It is no secret in his works that he was also connected to this landscape and the people there throughout his life. One of its protagonists , Hugh Forbes, is described as an upright fighter against Black and Tans ( Royal Irish Constabulary ) and cannot deny autobiographical traits.

Works (selection)

Short stories
  • Green rushes . Chambers 1950 (reprint of the London 1935 edition).
  • Son of Apple. Short stories . Chambers, London 1947.
  • Son of a tinker and other tales. A pretelling of a translation by Catriona Macleod of an old Irish folk-tale collected in Kerry by Sheumas O'Duilearga . Chambers, Edinburgh 1947 (reprint of the London 1951 edition).
  • The honest fisherman and other stories . Chambers, London 1958 (reprint of the London 1953 edition).
  • The smart fellow. Seven stories . Chambers, London 1964.
  • Come back, my love . In: Devin A. Garrity (Ed.): 44 Irish Short Stories. An anthology of Irish short story fiction from Yeats to Frank O'Connor . 9th edition. Devin-Adair Books, Old Greenwich, Conn. 1982, ISBN 0-517-09530-0 .
Novels
  • The key above the door . Chambers, Edinburgh 1979, ISBN 0-550-20411-3 . (Reprinted from the London 1926 edition).
    • The key over the gate. Novel . Benziger, Einsiedeln 1954.
  • The small dark man . Chambers, Edinburgh 1979, ISBN 0-550-20412-1 (reprinted from London 1929 edition).
  • Blackcock's Feather. A plain cloak-and-sword story . Chambers, Edinburgh 1980, ISBN 0-550-20414-8 (reprinted from London 1932 edition).
  • While rivers run . Chambers, Edinburgh 1980, ISBN 0-550-20415-6 (reprint of the London 1928 edition).
  • The road to nowhere . Chambers, Edinburgh 1980, ISBN 0-550-20417-2 (reprint of London 1934 edition).
  • Son of the swordmaker . Chambers, London 1941.
  • The hill is mine . Chambers, London 1954 (reprint of the London 1940 edition).
  • Thomasheen James. Man-of-no-work . Chambers, London 1946 (reprint of the London 1941 edition).
  • The Spanish Lady . Chambers, London 1954 (reprint of the London 1943 edition).
  • The man in brown . Chambers, Edinburgh 1945.
  • Castle Gillian . Chambers, London 1952 (reprint of the London 1948 edition).
  • Trouble in the Glen , Balnain Press, Nairn 1994, ISBN 1-872557-31-7 (reprint of the London 1950 edition).
  • A strange woman's daughter . Chambers, London 1954.
  • Danger under the moon . Chambers, London 1956.
Non-fiction
  • And no quarter. Being to the chronicle of the wars of Montrose as seen by Martin Somers . Chambers, Edinburgh 1980, ISBN 0-550-20418-0 .
  • The news from Ireland. Foreign correspondents and the Irish Revolution . Tauris, London 2008, ISBN 978-1-84511-714-6 .

literature

  • Steve Matheson: Maurice Walsh, storyteller . Brandon Books, Dingle 1985, ISBN 0-86322-052-5 .

Adaptations

  • John Ford (director); The quiet man . Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-86615-607-4 (1 DVD, based on Walsh's short story of the same name).
  • Johnny Burke: Donnybrook! The new musical comedy . Kapp Publ., New York 1961 (based on Walsh's short story The quiet man ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Contents: "Then came the captain's daughter", "Over the borser", "The quiet man", "The red girl" and "Bad town Dublin".
  2. ↑ Contents: Son of a tinker , Heather Wine , The bonesetter , Butcher to the Queen , Not my story , My fey lady , The mission sermon , A dialogue and The prudent man .
  3. ↑ For the US domestic market: Romantic adventures. The Maurice Walsh big three: "The key above the door", "While rivers run", "The small dark man" . Stokes, New York 1933.
  4. ↑ For the US domestic market: Three roads. Great novels of courage, adventure and romance . Stokes, New York 1936 (content: "Blackcock's Feather", "Road to Nowhere" and "Green rushes").

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personal data
SURNAME Walsh, Maurice
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Irish writer
DATE OF BIRTH April 21, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH Ballydonoghue at Listowel, County Kerry
DATE OF DEATH 18th February 1964
Place of death Blackrock, suburb of Dublin