Frank oconnor brief biography of maya
Ethan Hawke-directed 'Wildcat' opens this weekend, with Maya Hawke starring as the reclusive, brilliant writer Flannery O'Connor..
Frank OConnor (1903-66)
Life
[pseudonym of Michael ODonovan; occasional pseud.O'Connor prays: Oh dear God I want to write a novel, a good novel.Ben Mayo]; b. 17 Sept. 1903, at 84 Douglas St., Cork; an only child and a mothers boy, son of Minnie OConnor, a household servant, who was raised in an orphanage and later worked for the Barry family in Cork, forming strong attachments to the dg. Alice, and to Mr. Barry (who may have been in love with her); m. Big Mick, a Corkman serving in Munster Fusiliers, often away with the British Army, and given to alcoholic bouts and domestic violence; born during one of his fathers absences; he and his mother never happier than when he was away; a grandmother was a native Irish speaker; family moves to more squalid part of the city with the return of his father; ed. St. Patricks Boys National School (CBS), and taught by Daniel Corkery on his arrival as a teacher in 1912; moves to North Monastery (CBS), 1913-1916; a |