Una Troy

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Una Troy (born May 21, 1910 in Fermoy , County Cork ; died 1993 in Bunmahon , County Waterford ) was an Irish writer.

Life

She was the eldest daughter of John S. Troy and Bridget Agnes Hayes. Una's sisters were Grainne Troy (1913–1970) and Shevaun Troy (1923–1993). Una Troy's schooling also included attending a Catholic girls' school in Dublin . She grew up in Fermoy, where her father was a lawyer. He was transferred to Clonmel in 1922 , but the family lived in Bunmahon that summer. There she met the doctor Joseph C. Walsh (1894–1969), whom she married in 1931. The couple lived in Clonmel until 1969 and had a daughter named Janet. Una Troy moved to Bunmahon in 1969, where she lived until 1993.

In 1936 she began to write under the name Elizabeth Connor. The publication of their first novella Mount Prospect was banned in Ireland. From 1947 to 1955 she published nothing.

From 1955 she published under her name Una Troy. She mainly wrote novels and short stories, some of which appeared in several languages. The novel We are seven , filmed in England in 1958 , was only shown in Ireland in 2001 in the Irish Film Archive .

Your literary estate is kept in the National Library of Ireland.

Works (selection)

  • We are seven
    • We are seven: a heart-teasing novel . Translation by Dorothea Gotfurt , Scherz, Bern 1958.
  • The Workhouse Graces
    • The gate to the kingdom of heaven: novel . Translation by Dorothea Gotfurt. Scherz, Bern 1960.
  • Esmond
    • My three husbands: a fun novel from Ireland . Translation by Arno Dohm, Goldmann, Munich 1964.
  • Miss Maggie and the doctor
    • Maggie and Her Doctor: A cheerful doctor novel from Ireland . Translation of Arno Dohm. Goldmann, Munich 1965.
  • Stop press
    • Mother makes stories: novel . Translation by Susanne Lepsius. Bern, joke 1974.
  • A sack full of gold
  • The sea is music
  • A nice little family
  • It's going fine, doctor

Movie

  • She Didn't Say No! (1958, co-author, based on We are seven )
  • We are seven (1989, TV series)

literature

  • Claire Connolly: Four Nations Feminism - Una Troy and Menna Gallie. , UCDscholoarcast 2010, online .
  • Donald Brady: Una Troy 1910-1993 Her life and work.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Una Troy - Author ( Memento from December 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ^ National Library of Ireland: Una Troy papers
personal data
SURNAME Troy, Una
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Irish writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 21, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Fermoy , County Cork
DATE OF DEATH 1993
Place of death Bunmahon , County Waterford