Padraic Colum (1881–1972)
Auteur de The Children's Homer: The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy
A propos de l'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 afficher plus 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) afficher moins
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Œuvres de Padraic Colum
The Island of the Mighty: Being the Hero Stories of Celtic British Retold from the Mabinogion (1924) 68 exemplaires
Story Telling Old and New 6 exemplaires
Gulliver's Travels: Illustrated Classics 6 exemplaires
Arthur Griffith 3 exemplaires
My Irish Year 2 exemplaires
Poems By Padraic Colum [Hardcover] by Colum, Padraic 2 exemplaires
Greek Mythology for Children: The Golden Fleece, The Adventures of Odysseus and Tales of Troy (1983) 2 exemplaires
The Story of Lowry Maen 2 exemplaires
Mogu the Wanderer 2 exemplaires
Thomas Muskerry: A Play in Three Acts 2 exemplaires
Ourselves alone!: The story of Arthur Griffith and the origin of the Irish Free State (1959) 2 exemplaires
Celtic Folklore and Fairy Tales Anthology (24 books) 1 exemplaire
The Wall of China 1 exemplaire
Hina, the Woman in the Moon 1 exemplaire
The Yeats We Knew 1 exemplaire
Three Men 1 exemplaire
Stories of Magic and Adventure: The Arabian Nights; The Children of Odin; The Children's Homer; The Golden Fleece; The… (2019) 1 exemplaire
The Gods, Goddesses, and Mythical Beasts Collection: The Golden Fleece; The Children of Odin; The Children's Homer (2017) 1 exemplaire
The Seven arts, Sept. 1917. Youngest Ireland 1 exemplaire
Old Pastures 1 exemplaire
The Newbery Collection 1 exemplaire
Perseus and Andromeda [IN: The book of dragons] 1 exemplaire
The Fiddler's House: A Play in Three Acts 1 exemplaire
The Land: A Play in Three Acts 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and Dubliners (1967) — Introduction, quelques éditions — 1,204 exemplaires
The New Junior Classics Volume 02: Stories of Wonder and Magic (1912) — Contributeur — 205 exemplaires
The Young Folks' Shelf of Books, Volume 07: Legends of Long Ago (1900) — Contributeur — 179 exemplaires
Between Friends: Letters of James Branch Cabell and Others (1962) — Directeur de publication — 28 exemplaires
New Songs: A Lyric Selection — Contributeur — 5 exemplaires
Pastimes of James Joyce — Postface — 2 exemplaires
The Kiltartan Books comprising the Kiltartan poetry history and wonder books by Lady Gregory — Avant-propos — 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Colum, Padraic
- Nom légal
- Columb, Patrick (birth)
- Date de naissance
- 1881-12-08
- Date de décès
- 1972-01-11
- Lieu de sépulture
- St. Fintan's Cemetery, Sutton, Dublin, Ireland
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- Ireland
- Lieu de naissance
- Columbkille, Longford, Ireland
- Lieu du décès
- Enfield, Connecticut, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Longford, County Longford, Ireland
Enfield, Connecticut, USA
New York, New York, USA
Dublin, Ireland - Études
- University College Dublin
- Professions
- poet
novelist
dramatist
biographer
children's book author
folklorist - Relations
- Colum, Mary (wife)
Butler, Hubert (friend) - Organisations
- Columbia University
City College of New York
Gaelic League - Prix et distinctions
- Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets (1952)
Regina Medal (1961)
American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature ∙ 1948)
Gregory Medal (1953)
Membres
Critiques
Nordic Gods and Heroes par 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.… (plus d'informations)
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 81
- Aussi par
- 36
- Membres
- 6,313
- Popularité
- #3,891
- Évaluation
- 3.9
- Critiques
- 53
- ISBN
- 352
- Langues
- 7
- Favoris
- 4
