Maeve Brennan

Dolores McLoughlin (Trinity College Dublin)

Ed. by Ian Campbell Ross, Trinity College Dublin
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.4: Irish Writing and Culture, 400-present.
Vol. editors: Anne Markey (Dublin City University), Ian Campbell Ross (Trinity College Dublin), Eoghan Smith (Carlow College), Sinéad Sturgeon (Queen's University Belfast)

Dates

Born 1917
Died 1993
Activity 1969-1993

Places

Born in Ireland, Republic of (Eire)
Active in Ireland, Republic of (Eire); United States

Activities

Primary

Journalist
Story-writer

Resources

Brennan's Works

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Born in Dublin, on January 6, 1917, Maeve Brennan is remembered as the author of a substantial body of work, including stories, essays and short casual pieces, which were published in

The New Yorker

, often under the pen name “The Long-Winded Lady”. Her parents, Robert and Una, were Republicans and were deeply involved in the Irish political and cultural struggles of the early-twentieth century. Brennan’s father had a varied public career in politics, journalism and diplomacy. He was leader of the Easter Rising in Wexford in 1916 and director of publicity for the Republican forces during the Irish Civil War of 1922-23, as a result of which activities he spent time in British jails.

The political turbulence during her childhood and her father’s imprisonments had a lasting influence

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Citation: McLoughlin, Dolores. "Maeve Brennan". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 23 May 2011 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=12932, accessed 23 November 2024.]