Though best known for his short stories, Frank O Connor also translated many poems from Irish to English. Gregory A Schirmer has collected these for his comprehensive anthology, Look Back To Look Forward
A WEST Cork-based author has edited a new book on writer Frank O’Connor’s works of translation. While Frank O’Connor was known primarily as one of Ireland’s finest short story writers, he was also an accomplished translator. Between the mid-1920s and the mid-1960s, O’C
26 April 2023 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie New Book: ‘Look Back to Look Forward’: Frank O’Connor’s Complete Translations from the Irish by Frank O’Connor, edited by Gregory A. Schirmer While Frank O’Connor was known primarily as one of Ireland’s finest short-story writers, he was also an accomplished translator. In the long line of Irish writers…
26 April 2023 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie New Book: ‘Look Back to Look Forward’: Frank O’Connor’s Complete Translations from the Irish by Frank O’Connor, edited by Gregory A. Schirmer While Frank O’Connor was known primarily as one of Ireland’s finest short-story writers, he was also an accomplished translator. In the long line of Irish writers…
O’Connor liberated old Irish poetry from archaic language, false piety and Celtic sentimentality, bringing its startling originality to life once again