Padraic Colum (1881–1972)
Auteur van The Children's Homer: The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy
Over de Auteur
Born in a Longford workhouse where his father was first teacher and then master, Padraic Colum grew into an important figure in the Irish literary renaissance before immigrating to the United States. Invited by the Fay brothers to join the National Theatre Society, he married the teacher and writer toon meer Mary Maguire, with whom he undertook several joint projects. The Colums immigrated to the United States in 1914. Colum kept up a varied production of verse, plays, fiction, criticism, and children's literature, together with active lecturing. His most extended teaching appointment was at Columbia University, where he and his wife offered a joint course in comparative literature. Colum felt that his Roman Catholic and peasant roots gave him a closer tie to the Irish folk than did the Protestant, Anglo-Irish background of many writers of the Irish renaissance. His poetry usually deals with common people and rural landscapes in a forthright manner. Colum was resolutely Irish, and his work for the most part avoids didacticism or sentimental nationalism in favor of straightforward presentation. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
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Werken van Padraic Colum
The Island of the Mighty: Being the Hero Stories of Celtic British Retold from the Mabinogion (1924) 66 exemplaren
Story Telling Old and New 6 exemplaren
Gulliver's Travels: Illustrated Classics 6 exemplaren
Arthur Griffith 3 exemplaren
Greek Mythology for Children: The Golden Fleece, The Adventures of Odysseus and Tales of Troy (1983) 2 exemplaren
The Story of Lowry Maen 2 exemplaren
My Irish Year 2 exemplaren
Mogu the Wanderer 2 exemplaren
Thomas Muskerry: A Play in Three Acts 2 exemplaren
Ourselves alone!: The story of Arthur Griffith and the origin of the Irish Free State (1959) 2 exemplaren
The Gods, Goddesses, and Mythical Beasts Collection: The Golden Fleece; The Children of Odin; The Children's Homer (2017) 1 exemplaar
The Yeats We Knew 1 exemplaar
Three Men 1 exemplaar
Hina, the Woman in the Moon 1 exemplaar
Old Pastures 1 exemplaar
Stories of Magic and Adventure: The Arabian Nights; The Children of Odin; The Children's Homer; The Golden Fleece; The… (2019) 1 exemplaar
The Newbery Collection 1 exemplaar
The Wall of China 1 exemplaar
Perseus and Andromeda [IN: The book of dragons] 1 exemplaar
The Fiddler's House: A Play in Three Acts 1 exemplaar
The Land: A Play in Three Acts 1 exemplaar
The Seven arts, Sept. 1917. Youngest Ireland 1 exemplaar
Gerelateerde werken
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and Dubliners (1967) — Introductie, sommige edities — 1,196 exemplaren
The Young Folks' Shelf of Books, Volume 07: Legends of Long Ago (1900) — Medewerker — 174 exemplaren
New Songs: A Lyric Selection — Medewerker — 5 exemplaren
Pastimes of James Joyce — Nawoord — 2 exemplaren
The Kiltartan Books comprising the Kiltartan poetry history and wonder books by Lady Gregory — Voorwoord — 1 exemplaar
Tagged
Algemene kennis
- Gangbare naam
- Colum, Padraic
- Officiële naam
- Columb, Patrick (birth)
- Geboortedatum
- 1881-12-08
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1972-01-11
- Graflocatie
- St. Fintan's Cemetery, Sutton, Dublin, Ireland
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- Ireland
- Geboorteplaats
- Columbkille, Longford, Ireland
- Plaats van overlijden
- Enfield, Connecticut, USA
- Woonplaatsen
- Longford, County Longford, Ireland
Enfield, Connecticut, USA
New York, New York, USA
Dublin, Ireland - Opleiding
- University College Dublin
- Beroepen
- poet
novelist
dramatist
biographer
children's book author
folklorist - Relaties
- Colum, Mary (wife)
Butler, Hubert (friend) - Organisaties
- Columbia University
City College of New York
Gaelic League - Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets (1952)
Regina Medal (1961)
American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature ∙ 1948)
Gregory Medal (1953)
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I was really glad to finally get an overview of Norse mythology. The interlude about the Volsungs seems out of place, and I was already somewhat familiar with it, but it was good reading all the same. It's interesting to see how parts of these stories have been used by modern writers in their own way: most obviously Lewis and Tolkien, but I suspect also George R.R. Martin.
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- #3,919
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- Besprekingen
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- ISBNs
- 352
- Talen
- 6
- Favoriet
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"Joyce operates like a general," I [Padraic] remarked to Ernest Hemingway, who was in the shop [Shakespeare and Company, Sylvia Beach's bookshop in Paris, which first published Ulysses in book format in 1922]. 'Like a general of the Jesuits,' Hemingway said" (p. 170).
"Our Friend James Joyce" is a pleasant read with more casual and personal and life-affirming insights than we often get from more academic or scholarly profiles.
From a letter written by Nora Joyce to Mary Colum:
"The letter is undated; it was written from Zurich some time before she went into the hospital where she died in 1951" [James Joyce had died in Zurich in 1941, the family fleeing Paris from the Nazis].
"I really don't know how to thank you and your friends for your very kind gesture in sending me two remittances of 50 and 40 dollars. You can't imagine what a help it is for me to receive some financial aid as I have not received any money from England for seven months except 20 [pounds]. Luckily my solicitor was able to arrange that I get some of the royalties direct from America. It is very difficult for me because I have to support Giorgio [her son] who has absolutely not a penny of his own and can't get work here. I am so glad that you saw Stephen [the Joyces' grandson] and find him such a fine boy. Giorgio did all he could for him while he was here.
I am afraid I shall sooner or later have to sell my manuscript of 'Chamber Music' written in Dublin in the year 1909 and dedicated to me; it is written on parchment and bound in cream coloured leather with the Joyce crest on one side of the cover and our initials on the other side. If you know anybody who you think will be interested in buying such a work would you kindly let me know" (p. 238).
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