Edward Joseph Harrington O'Brien
Edward Joseph Harrington O'Brien (December 10, 1890 – February 24, 1941) was an American writer, poet, editor and anthologist. He went to live in Europe in 1919. He married his first wife, English writer Romer Wilson, in 1923.
Edward Joseph Harrington O'Brien
- Birth Name
- Edward Joseph Harrington O'Brien
- Born
- 10 December 1890
- Birthplace
- Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Died
- 24 February 1941
- Place of death
- Gerrards Cross, England
- Education
- Harvard University (one year)
- Occupation
- Short story anthologist, author
- Known for
- Editor of Best Short Stories annuals
- Spouse
- (died 1932);
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Edward Joseph Harrington O'Brien (December 10, 1890 – February 24, 1941) was an American writer, poet, editor and anthologist. He went to live in Europe in 1919. He married his first wife, English writer Romer Wilson, in 1923.
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He died at his home in Gerrards Cross, England. At the time, he was the European story editor for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's England studios.
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• Birth Name — Edward Joseph Harrington O'Brien • Born — 10 December 1890 • Birthplace — Boston, Massachusetts, United States • Died — 24 February 1941 • Place of death — Gerrards Cross, England • Education — Harvard University (one year) • Occupation — Short story anthologist, author • Known for — Editor of Best Short Stories annuals • Other Names — Edward J. O'Brien • Spouse — (died 1932);
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• Poems of the Irish Revolutionary Brotherhood (1916) [with Padraic Colum] • The Best Short Stories of 1915: and the Yearbook of the American Short Story (1916) [first in series] • The Best Short Stories of 1916: and the Yearbook of the American Short Story (1917) • The Masque of Poets: A Collection of New Poems by Contemporary American Poets (1918) • The Best Short Stories of 1920 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story • The Best British Short Stories of 1922 [with John Cournos] (1922) [first in series] • The Best Short Stories of 1923: and the Yearbook of the American Short Story (1924) • The Best British Short Stories of 1924 [with John Cournos] • The Best Short Stories of 1926: and the Yearbook of the American Short Story (1926) • The Best British Short Stories of 1928 (1928) • The Best Short Stories of 1931: and the Yearbook of the American Short Story (1931) • The Best Short Stories of 1932: and the Yearbook of the American Short Story (1932) • Modern English Short Stories (1933) • The Twenty-Five Finest Short Stories (1933) • The Guest Book (1935) • Elizabethan Tales (1937) • 50 Best American Short Stories 1915-1939 (1939) • The Best British Short Stories of 1939
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• A Renegade Poet and Other Essays, by Francis Thompson (1910) [introduction]
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Articles
• "The American Short Story", The Writer, October 1935 • "The American Short Story—II", The Writer, November 1935
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