Frank O'Connor
Frank O'Connor was an Irish librarian, translator, screenwriter and writer (1903–1966). He was born at Cork and died at Dublin.
Also recorded as Michael Francis O'Connor O'Donovan; Michael Francis O'Donovan.
Frank O'Connor in brief
- Born
- 1903
- Died
- 1966
- Known for
- librarian, translator, screenwriter and writer
- Place of birth
- Cork
Contents
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the headings Michael Francis O'Connor O'Donovan and Michael Francis O'Donovan. His recorded languages were Irish and English.
Catalogued works
51 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 1879 to 2008.
Domestic Relations. Guests of the Nation. The Big Fellow. The Stories of Frank O'Connor. The Road to Stratford. My Oedipus Complex. Understanding fiction -- Second Edition, dated 1959. Stories from the New Yorker, 1950-1960. Twenty-five poems. Great Short Stories of the World. The herne's egg. A short history of Irish literature, dated 1967. The mirror in the roadway, dated 1956. Leinster, Munster and Connaught, dated 1950. Kings, lords, & commons, dated 1959. Three old brothers, and other poems, dated 1936. My father's son, dated 1968. An only child, dated 1961. Traveller's samples, dated 1951. ROMANCE STORIES. HALO: Fractures: Extraordinary Tales from the Halo Canon (18). Irische Kindheit. Liebenswerte Erzählungen von der grünen Insel. Towards an Appreciation of Literature. BOOK OF IRELAND (NATIONAL ANTHOLOGIES). Bellrock Cove. Huéspedes de la nación y otros relatos. Frank O'Connor reading two complete stories. Classic Irish short stories. Oedipus Kompleksim. Midnight Court. Stories By Frank O'Connor. Modern Irish Short Stories. Collected Stories. Halo: Evolutions: Essential Tales of the Halo Universe. Collection three, dated 1945. Brautnacht. Und freitags Fisch. My Oedipus Complex, and other stories (Penguin Books. no. 1956.). Collection Two. My Oedipus Complex and Other Stories. 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. Oncogenes and retroviruses : evaluation of basic findings and clinical potential proceedings of a workshop held at Roswell Park Memorial Institute, Buffalo, New York, September 2-3, 1982 / editors, Timothy E. O'Connor, Frank J. Rauscher, Jr., dated [1983], held by Wellcome Collection. Correspondence: Chase-Cloudman, dated 1936-1979, held by Wellcome Collection. Correspondence: Revista "Iberica"-Itzhaki, dated 1941-1979, held by Wellcome Collection. Imagine what it's like : a literature and medicine anthology / edited by Ruth Nadelhaft ; with Victoria Bonebakker., dated 2008, held by Wellcome Collection. Letter Book, S M Burroughs & Co, dated 14 February - 8 December 1879, held by Wellcome Collection. Henry Wellcome Letter Book 9, dated May 1905 - Feb 1906, 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: 37 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: 7 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Literature
6 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
Politics of Disillusionment: Violence and Idealism in Liam O’Flaherty’s “Civil War” and Frank O’Connor’s “Guests of the Nation”, ABEI Journal, 2022. Sexuality, Marriage and Women’s Life Narratives in Teresa Deevy’s: A Disciple (1931), The King of Spain’s Daughter (1935) and Katie Roche (1936), Estudios Irlandeses, 2012. Reading O’Connor’s My Oedipus Complex, ABEI Journal, 2003. A modern ‘seanachie’ : oral storytelling structures in Frank O’Connor’s early stories, Journal of the Short Story in English, 2006. Art Imitating Life Imitating Death. An exploration of “Guests of the Nation” by Frank O’Connor, Studi Irlandesi, 2021. Breaking the Silence: The Irish Civil War in the Short Stories by Dorothy Macardle, University of Bucharest Review. Literary and Cultural Studies Series, 2022.
Digitised editions and texts
12 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.
an only child (1961) — Internet Archive. crab apple jelly (1945) — Internet Archive. Towards An Appreciation Of Literature (1945) — Internet Archive. The happiness of getting it down right (1996) — Internet Archive. HALO Legends (2010) — Internet Archive. The Common Chord (1947) — Internet Archive. Electron (1983) — Internet Archive. A Book of Ireland with 50 Photographs (1959) — Internet Archive. The Lonely Voice (1962) — Internet Archive. Reads The Drunkard & My Oedipus Complex (1954) — Internet Archive. Traveller's Samples: Stories and Tales (1951) — Internet Archive. The Mirror in the Roadway (1956) — Internet Archive.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 16 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
- 1903Frank O'Connor born at Cork.
- 1945crab apple jelly digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1945Towards An Appreciation Of Literature digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1947The Common Chord digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1961an only child digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1962The Lonely Voice digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1963The Little Monasteries digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1964Modern Irish Short Stories digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1966Frank O'Connor died at Dublin.
- 1996The happiness of getting it down right digitised by Internet Archive.
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
- 1.
Open Library author record for Frank O'Connor (Internet Archive), 143 catalogued works.
Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive
Consult the source - 2.
Directory of Open Access Journals lists 6 articles naming Frank O'Connor.
open access index · Unverified
Consult the source - 3.
Internet Archive, 54 digitised items catalogued under Frank O'Connor as creator.
digital repository · Unverified
Consult the source - 4.
The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Frank O'Connor.
museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago
Consult the source - 5.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, collection records associated with Frank O'Connor (37 objects).
museum collection · Unverified · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Consult the source - 6.
Wellcome Collection catalogue records 7 works naming Frank O'Connor.
museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection
Consult the source - 7.
Wikidata, structured authority record Q1351972: Frank O'Connor
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation
Consult the source - 8.
“Frank O'Connor”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
Consult the source
Elsewhere in Books
15,964 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
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