Seán Ó Faoláin

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Celtic_mythology
gptkbp:associated_with Cork University Press
The Bell magazine
gptkbp:award gptkb:O._Henry_Award
gptkb:Irish_American_Cultural_Institute_Award
gptkbp:birth_date 1900-02-22
gptkbp:burial_place gptkb:Deansgrange_Cemetery
gptkbp:child Catherine Ó Faoláin
Eoin Ó Faoláin
Seán Ó Faoláin Jr.
gptkbp:contribution Explored themes of identity
Critiqued Irish society
Examined post-colonial issues
Promoted Irish literature abroad
Reflected on personal and national history
gptkbp:death_date 1991-04-20
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_College_Cork
gptkb:University_of_Oxford
gptkbp:genre gptkb:short_story
Literary fiction
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Seán Ó Faoláin
gptkbp:influenced Literary critics
Cultural commentators
Contemporary Irish literature
Irish playwrights
Irish poets
Writers of the Irish diaspora
Irish short story tradition
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:James_Joyce
gptkb:W._B._Yeats
gptkbp:language English
Irish
gptkbp:nationality Irish
gptkbp:notable_event Participated in the Irish Literary Revival
Contributed to the Irish cultural renaissance.
gptkbp:notable_influence gptkb:Modernism
Social commentary
Irish nationalism
Irish identity
Cultural criticism
gptkbp:notable_work gptkb:The_Last_of_the_High_Kings
gptkb:Midsummer_Night
The Stories of Seán Ó Faoláin
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:short_stories
gptkb:Novelist
gptkbp:place_of_birth gptkb:Cork,_Ireland
gptkbp:place_of_death gptkb:Dublin,_Ireland
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Eileen_O'_Connor
gptkbp:website http://www.seanofaolain.com
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:the_Gaelic_League
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6