Katharine Tynan

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Katharine Tynan
Born(1859-01-23)23 January 1859[1]
Dublin, Ireland
Died2 April 1931(1931-04-02) (aged 72)
Wimbledon, London, England
Pen nameKatharine Tynan Hinkson
OccupationNovelist, poet
LanguageEnglish
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Katharine Tynan (23 January 1859 – 2 April 1931)[1] was an Irish writer, known mainly for her novels and poetry. After her marriage in 1893 to the Trinity College scholar, writer and barrister Henry Albert Hinkson (1865–1919) she usually wrote under the name Katharine Tynan Hinkson, or variations thereof. Tynan's younger sister Nora Tynan O'Mahony (née Tynan, 1866–1954) was also a poet and one of her three children, Pamela Hinkson (1900–1982), was also known as a writer.[1] The Katharine Tynan Road in Belgard, Tallaght is named after her.

Biography

Tynan was born into a small farming family in

literary circles, until she married and moved to England; later she lived at Claremorris, County Mayo when her husband was a magistrate from 1914 until 1919.[3][4][5][6][7][8]

From June 1885 when they first met until around the time of her marriage in 1893, Tynan was a close associate of and regular correspondent with

William Butler Yeats (who may have proposed marriage and been rejected).[1][9] Tynan was also later a correspondent of Francis Ledwidge. She is said to have written over 100 novels. Her Collected Poems appeared in 1930; she also wrote five autobiographical volumes.[5][4]

Tynan contributed to many periodicals and magazines such as the Jesuit published Studies, the Dominican published Irish Rosary, Irish Monthly, Hibernia and Dublin University Review.

Tynan died in Wimbledon, London aged 72.

Publications

Bibliography

  • Patrick Braybrook: Some Catholic Novelists: Their Art and Outlook (1931)
  • Roger McHugh (ed.): W. B.Yeats, Letters to Katharine Tynan (1953)
  • Marilyn Gaddis Rose: Katharine Tynan (Bucknell University Press, 1974)
  • Ann Connerton Fallon: Katharine Tynan (Twayne Publishers, 1979)
  • Anne Ulry Colman, A dictionary of nineteenth-century Irish women poets (1996)
  • Rolf Loeber and Magda Loeber, A guide to Irish fiction 1650–1900 (2006), 1315–1332

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Clarke, Frances (2013). "Hinkson (née Tynan), Katharine Tynan", in Dictionary of Irish Biography (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press).
  2. ^ R.B. Martin: Gerard Manley Hopkins. A Very Private Life (London: Harper Collins, 1991), pp. 403–04.
  3. ^ "Holdings: Editor's gossip: on the appointment of H.A..." Search Home. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Papers of Katharine Tynan and Pamela Hinkson". Archives Hub. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Katharine Tynan (1861-1931)". Ricorso. 2 April 1931. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  6. ^ Mulhall, Ed (11 November 1918). "'The Great Day' - Katharine Tynan & the Mother's War - Century Ireland". RTÉ Ireland's National Television and Radio Broadcaster. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  7. ^ "Katharine Tynan". Encyclopedia Britannica. 19 January 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
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  9. ^ "W. B. Yeats – The Tallaght letters". South Dublin Libraries Local Studies. 23 June 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2022.

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