Padraic Colum (1881–1972)
Teoksen The Children's Homer: The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy tekijä
About the Author
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 näytä lisää 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) näytä vähemmän
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Tekijän teokset
GULLIVER'S TRAVELS by Jonathan Swift retold by Padraic Colum. Afterword by Clifton Fadiman. (1962) 11 kappaletta
The Bright Islands 7 kappaletta
Story telling new & old 6 kappaletta
The Island of the Mighty. Being the Hero Stories of Celtic British Retold from the Mabinogion (1924) 5 kappaletta
Arthur Griffith 3 kappaletta
Ourselves alone!: The story of Arthur Griffith and the origin of the Irish Free State (1959) 2 kappaletta
Mogu the Wanderer 2 kappaletta
Thomas Muskerry; a play in three acts 2 kappaletta
The story of Lowry Maen 2 kappaletta
An Anthology of Irish Verse - From Ancient Minstrels Songs to Poems of the Modern Masters 2 kappaletta
My Irish year, 2 kappaletta
Greek Mythology for Children: The Golden Fleece, The Adventures of Odysseus and Tales of Troy (Fully Illustrated… (1983) 2 kappaletta
The Wall of China 1 kappale
The Complete Grimm's FairyTales 1 kappale
Between Friends 1 kappale
Three men 1 kappale
Three Plays By Padraic Colum 1 kappale
The Newbery Collection 1 kappale
The Gods, Goddesses, and Mythical Beasts Collection: The Golden Fleece; The Children of Odin; The Children's Homer (2017) 1 kappale
Stories of Magic and Adventure: The Arabian Nights; The Children of Odin; The Children's Homer; The Golden Fleece; The… (2019) 1 kappale
Old Pastures 1 kappale
The land : a play in three acts 1 kappale
Hina, the Woman in the Moon 1 kappale
Associated Works
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Yleistieto
- Syntymäaika
- 1881-12-08
- Kuolinaika
- 1972-01-11
- Hautapaikka
- St. Fintan's Cemetery, Sutton, Dublin, Ireland
- Sukupuoli
- male
- Kansalaisuus
- Ireland
- Syntymäpaikka
- Columbkille, Longford, Ireland
- Kuolinpaikka
- Enfield, Connecticut, USA
- Asuinpaikat
- Longford, County Longford, Ireland
Enfield, Connecticut, USA
New York, New York, USA
Dublin, Ireland - Koulutus
- University College Dublin
- Ammatit
- poet
novelist
dramatist
biographer
children's book author
folklorist - Suhteet
- Colum, Mary (wife)
- Organisaatiot
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature ∙ 1948)
Gaelic League - Palkinnot ja kunnianosoitukset
- Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets (1952)
Regina Medal (1961)
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Nordic Gods and Heroes Tekijä: Padraic Colum
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.
I don’t know much about Greek Mythology. But, hey, Zeus and Hercules and all that stuff has always been SUPER cool when it’s shown up in TV and movies! And then… yaaaaaaawn. I was reading sentences, and realizing that the material in the sentences should have been exciting. There was fighting. There was lots of drama and abrupt life (-no, WORLD-) altering things. Plus, explanations for the heavens and seasons and so on. That should be really interesting. For whatever reason, I couldn’t get along with the author’s writing style. It was easy enough to understand, it just wasn’t easy to enjoy. It wasn’t a terrible book, and I genuinely did like pieces; I’m merely pained by thinking that something SHOULD be so much more fun.… (lisätietoja)
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