Edwin O'Connor

Edwin O'Connor was an American writer, journalist, radio personality, novelist and screenwriter (1918–1968). He was born at Providence and died at Boston.

Edwin O'Connor in brief

Born
1918
Died
1968
Known for
writer, journalist, radio personality, novelist and screenwriter
Place of birth
Providence
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Catalogued works

16 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Art Institute of Chicago. Their recorded dates run from 1790 to 1999.

I Was Dancing. The Edge of Sadness. The Last Hurrah. Edge of sadness. The last hurrah ; The edge of sadness. Reader's Digest Condensed Books--Volume Four - 1961 - Autumn Selections. The best and the last of Edwin O'Connor. The oracle. Benjy. All in the family. Abraham Lincoln, dated 1916, limestone, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 22.41. The Virgin, dated 1906, cast 1909, bronze, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 18.38. Brooch, dated ca. 1999, spectrolite, oxidized silver, 18k gold, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 2001.566. Mercer Street, SoHo, dated 1985, gelatin silver print, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1992.591. Thomas Hodgkin MD (1798-1866), dated 1790-1872, held by Wellcome Collection. Medawar, Sir Peter Brian (1915-1987), dated 1937-1991, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 3 named public collections.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 12 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Art Institute of Chicago: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Digitised editions and texts

6 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

All in the Family (1964) — Internet Archive. The Last Hurrah (1977) — Internet Archive. Don Quixote, USA/All in the Family/Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry/The Gift of the Deer/Brothers of the Sea (Reader's Digest Condensed Books, Volume 4: 1966) (1966) — Internet Archive. The Edge of Sadness (1961) — Internet Archive. The Oracle (1962) — Internet Archive. I Was Dancing (1965) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 17 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 6 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 6 means 6 genuinely separate publishers of record. 12 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1918Edwin O'Connor born at Providence.
  2. 1961The Edge of Sadness digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 1962The Oracle digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 1964All in the Family digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 1965I Was Dancing digitised by Internet Archive.
  6. 1966Don Quixote, USA/All in the Family/Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry/The Gift of the Deer/Brothers of the Sea (Reader's Digest Condensed Books, Volume 4: 1966) digitised by Internet Archive.
  7. 1968Edwin O'Connor died at Boston.
  8. 1977The Last Hurrah digitised by Internet Archive.

Sources

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  1. 1.

    “Edwin O'Connor”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q978959: Edwin O'Connor

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