John B. Keane (1928–2002)
Autore di The Bodhran Makers
Sull'Autore
John B. Keane was born in Ireland on July 21, 1928. He attended St. Michael's College, Listowel. By 1945, he was apprenticed to a chemist in Listowel. He eventually took over a small public house and began to write. During his lifetime, he published 46 works including Sive, The Field, Big Maggie, mostra altro The Streets and Other Poems, Sharon's Grave, Letters of a Matchmaker, Hut 42, Moll, and Durango. In 1999 he won the first Irish PEN Award for Literature. Keane died from prostate cancer on May 30, 2002 at the age of 73. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Opere di John B. Keane
Love bites & other stories 1 copia
Short sotries of John B. Keane 1 copia
Irish Christmas tales 1 copia
Letters of an Irish publica 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Keane, John Brendan
- Data di nascita
- 1928-07-21
- Data di morte
- 2002-05-30
- Luogo di sepoltura
- Listowel, County Kerry, Ireland
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- Ireland
- Luogo di nascita
- Listowel, County Kerry, Ireland
- Luogo di morte
- Listowel, County Kerry, Ireland
- Luogo di residenza
- Listowel, County Kerry, Ireland
- Istruzione
- Listowel National School
St. Michael's College, Listowel - Attività lavorative
- chemist's assistant
pub owner
playwright
novelist
essayist - Relazioni
- Keane, Fergal (nephew)
- Organizzazioni
- Irish PEN
Fine Gael - Premi e riconoscimenti
- Royal Dublin Society (honorary life member)
Utenti
Recensioni
Premi e riconoscimenti
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 75
- Opere correlate
- 2
- Utenti
- 952
- Popolarità
- #27,037
- Voto
- 3.6
- Recensioni
- 5
- ISBN
- 155
- Lingue
- 3
- Preferito da
- 3
While a few of the stories feel more like funny tales told in the local pub, others are quite substantial and provide a glimpse into what Irish village life was like not all that long ago. It's a good book to pull out to read out loud for others at Christmas. In your best Irish accent, of course.… (altro)