Liam O'Flaherty
Irish novelist (1896–1984) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Liam O'Flaherty (Irish: Liam Ó Flaithearta ; 28 August 1896 – 7 September 1984) was an Irish novelist and short-story writer, and one of the foremost socialist writers in the first part of the 20th century, writing about the common people's experience and from their perspective.
Liam O'Flaherty | |
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Born | (1896-08-28)28 August 1896 Inishmore, Ireland |
Died | 7 September 1984(1984-09-07) (aged 88) Dublin, Ireland |
Occupation | Author |
Literary movement | Irish Renaissance |
Spouse | Margaret Barrington |
Partner | Kitty Tailer |
Children | Pegeen, Joyce |
Relatives | Tom O'Flaherty, his brother Breandán Ó hEithir, his nephew John Ford, his cousin |
Liam O'Flaherty served on the Western Front as a soldier in the British army's Irish Guards regiment from 1916 and was badly injured in 1917. After the war, he was a founding member of the Communist Party of Ireland. His brother Tom Maidhc O'Flaherty (also a writer) was also involved in radical politics and their father, Maidhc Ó Flaithearta, was before them. O'Flaherty wrote almost exclusively in English, except for a play, a notable collection of short stories and some poems in the Irish language.