Thomas Flanagan (writer)
Thomas Flanagan | |
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| Born | Thomas Bonner Flanagan November 5, 1923 Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | March 21, 2002 (aged 78) Berkeley, California, U.S. |
| Education | B.A. Amherst College M.A. & PhD. Columbia University. |
| Occupation(s) | professor novelist |
| Spouse | Jane Parker Flanagan |
| Children | 2, including Caitlin Flanagan |
| Family | Andrew Klavan (son-in-law) |
Thomas Bonner Flanagan (November 5, 1923 – March 21, 2002)[1] was an American university professor at the University of California at Berkeley and a novelist.
Biography
Flanagan was born in 1923 in
University of California at Berkeley, specializing in Irish literature. He was a tenured Full Professor in the English Department at the Stony Brook University
until his retirement.
Flanagan was also a successful novelist. His first novel, The Year of the French, won the
National Book Critics Award for fiction in 1979 and was adapted into a TV series, which was broadcast in Ireland in 1982.[3]
Personal life
In 1949, he married Jane Parker, a nurse; they had two children, writer
East Setauket, Long Island
.
He died on March 21, 2002, at the age of 78 in Berkeley.[1]
Works
Historical novels
- The Year of the French (1979); ISBN 9781590171080(2004)
- The Tenants of Time (1988)
- The End of the Hunt (1995)
Non-fiction work
- The Irish Novelists 1800–1850 (1958)
Legacy
The Archives and Special Collections at Amherst College holds his papers.
References
- ^ a b c Genzlinger, Neil (March 29, 2002). "Thomas Flanagan, 78, Author Of Trilogy About Ireland". The New York Times.
- ^ "Irish Writers Online: Thomas Flanagan". www.irishwriters-online.com. Archived from the original on August 21, 2008.
- ^ Guy Beiner, "The Decline and Rebirth of 'Folk Memory': Remembering 'The Year of the French' in the Late Twentieth Century", Éire – Ireland, 38, no. 3-4 (2003), 7–32.
- Hoover Institute. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ Robinson, Peter (August 2, 2008). "That Despicable Winston Churchill". National Review.
....reminded me of an exchange I had with my father-in-law, Thomas Flanagan, brilliant guy, old school academic lefty. Flanagan, the author of a marvelous trilogy of novels about Ireland, the first of which is "The Year of the French," taught at Berkeley
Sources
External links
- Thomas A. Flanagan (AC 1945) Papers at the Amherst College Archives & Special Collections
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