Conor Cruise O'Brien (1917–2008)
Autor(a) de Ireland: A Concise History
About the Author
Writer and diplomat Conor Cruise O'Brien was born in Dublin, Ireland on November 3, 1917. He studied history at Trinity College and found a job in the civil service. While working as a civil servant, he wrote two books Maria Cross (1952) and Parnell and His Party (1957). As a diplomat, he focused mostrar mais on creating an independent position for Ireland in the United Nations and played a critical role in the United Nations intervention in Congo in 1961. In 1969, he won a seat in Ireland's Parliament. He also was editor in chief of The Observer and was a frequent contributor to The New York Review of Books, The Atlantic, and The Irish Independent. He wrote numerous books throughout his lifetime including To Katanga and Back, The Great Melody, Memoir: My Life and Themes, and The Long Affair. He died on December 18, 2008 at the age of 91. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Obras de Conor Cruise O'Brien
Neighbours: Ewart-Biggs Memorial Lectures, 1978-79 (The Ewart-Biggs memorial lectures) (1980) 7 cópias
The suspecting glance : the T.S. Eliot memorial lectures delivered at Eliot College in the University of Kent at… (1972) 2 cópias
Neighbours: four lectures delivered by Conor Cruise O'Brien in memory of Christopher Ewart-Biggs / introduction by… (1980) 1 exemplar(es)
States of Ireland / [by] Conor Cruise O'Brien 1 exemplar(es)
Albert Camus 1 exemplar(es)
The Story of Ireland 1 exemplar(es)
Parnell & His Party 1880-90 1 exemplar(es)
Associated Works
Literary Imagination, Ancient and Modern: Essays in Honor of David Grene (1999) — Contribuinte — 7 cópias
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1917-11-03
- Data de falecimento
- 2008-12-18
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- Ireland
- Local de nascimento
- Dublin, Ireland
- Locais de residência
- Dublin, Ireland
- Educação
- Trinity College, Dublin
- Ocupação
- politician
civil servant
journalist - Organizações
- The Observer
Irish Independent
Membros
Resenhas
Listas
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 37
- Also by
- 6
- Membros
- 1,171
- Popularidade
- #21,976
- Avaliação
- 3.7
- Resenhas
- 7
- ISBNs
- 82
- Idiomas
- 2