frank o'connor

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Definition of frank o'connor in English English dictionary

orig. Michael O'Donovan born 1903, Cork, County Cork, Ire. died March 10, 1966, Dublin Irish writer. 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)

Hyphenation

Frank O'Con·nor

Turkish pronunciation

frängk ōkänır

Pronunciation

/ˈfraɴɢk ōˈkänər/ /ˈfræŋk oʊˈkɑːnɜr/