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Frank O'Connor (actor, born 1897)
American actor, rancher, painter, and husband of Ayn Rand (1897–1979)
For the actor and director born in the 1880s, see Frank O'Connor (director).
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O'Connor in the late 1920s, photographed by Melbourne Spurr[1] | |
| Born | Charles Francis O'Connor (1897-09-22)September 22, 1897 Lorain, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | November 9, 1979(1979-11-09) (aged 82) New York City, U.S. |
| Burial place | Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, New York, U.S. |
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| Spouse | Ayn Rand (m. 1929) |
Charles Francis "Frank" O'Connor (September 22, 1897 – November 7, 1979) was an American actor, painter, and rancher and the husband of novelist Ayn Rand. Frank O'Connor performed in several films, typically as an extra, during the silent and early sound eras. While working on the set of the 1927 film The King of Kings, O'Connor met Rand, and they eventually dated each other steadily. They married in 1929. When O'Connor and Rand moved to California so Rand could work on the
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Frank O’Connor
Brought up in poverty, O’Connor became a librarian and a director of Dublin’s Abbey Theatre. He won popularity in the U.S. for short stories in which apparently trivial incidents illuminate Irish life. They appeared in volumes including Guests of the Nation (1931) and Crab Apple Jelly (1944) and in The New Yorker magazine. He also wrote critical studies on Irish life and literature and translations of Gaelic works of the 9th – 20th centuries, including the great 17th-century satire The Midnight Court (1945).
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Short story collections
Guests of the Nation (1931), including the famous title story
Bones of Contention (1936), including the story “The Majesty of Law”, a short story adapted as an episode of the 1957 film The Rising of the Moon.
Crab Apple Jelly (1944)
The Common Chord (1947)
Traveller’s Samples (1951), including the classic story “First Confession”
The Stories of Frank O’Connor (1952), including the first publication of perhaps his most popular story “My Oedipus Complex”
More Stories by Frank O’Connor (1954)
Domestic Relation
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Frank O'Connor
Irish writer
This article is about the writer. For other people, see Frank O'Connor (disambiguation).
"Michael O'Donovan" redirects here. For the psychiatric genetics researcher, see Michael C. O'Donovan.
Frank O'Connor (born Michael Francis O'Donovan; 17 September 1903 – 10 March 1966) was an Irish author and translator. He wrote poetry (original and translations from Irish), dramatic works, memoirs, journalistic columns and features on aspects of Irish culture and history, criticism, long and short fiction (novels and short stories), biography, and travel books. He is most widely known for his more than 150 short stories and for his memoirs. The Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award was named in his honour.
Early life
Raised in Cork, he was the only child of Minnie (née O'Connor) and Michael O'Donovan.[1] He attended Saint Patrick's School on Gardiner's Hill. One teacher, Daniel Corkery, introduced O'Connor's class to the Irish language and poetry and deeply influenced the young pupil.[2] He later attended North Mo
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