Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1911-10-05
- Died
- 1966-04-01
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Other Myles/Myles Na Gaeilge
- The Poor Mouth
- At swim-two-birds
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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- Institutionalized Organizations: Formal Structure as Myth and Ceremony
· 1977 · cited 17,855x
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Key facts
- Born
- Brian O'Nolan , ( 1911-10-05 ) 5 October 1911, Strabane , County Tyrone, Ireland
- Died
- 1 April 1966 (1966-04-01) (aged 54), Dublin , Ireland
- Resting place
- Dean's Grange Cemetery
- Pen name
- Flann O'Brien Myles na Gopaleen Brother Barnabas George Knowall
- Occupation
- Civil servant, writer
- Alma mater
- University College Dublin
- Genre
- Metafiction , satire
- Notable works
- At Swim-Two-Birds (1939) An Béal Bocht (1941) The Hard Life (1961) The Dalkey Archive (1964) The Third Policeman (1967) "Cruiskeen Lawn" column
- Spouse
- Evelyn McDonnell ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1948 )
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Key dates
- Born
- 5 October 1911
- Died
- 1 April 1966
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- O'Brien
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Republic of Ireland
- Place of birth
- Strabane
- Place of death
- Dublin
- Occupation
- playwright
- Educated at
- University College Dublin
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Tähtivaeltaja Award
Article
Brian O'Nolan (Irish: Brian Ó Nualláin; 5 October 1911 – 1 April 1966), whose pen names included Flann O'Brien, was an Irish Civil Service official, novelist, playwright and satirist, who is now considered a major figure in twentieth-century Irish literature. Born in Strabane, County Tyrone, he is regarded as a key figure in modernist and postmodern literature. His four English-language novels, At Swim-Two-Birds (1939), The Hard Life (1961), The Dalkey Archive (1964) and The Third Policeman (1967), were published under the pen name Flann O'Brien. His many satirical columns in The Irish Times and an Irish-language novel, An Béal Bocht (1941), were written under the name Myles na gCopaleen.
O'Brien's novels have attracted a wide following both for their unconventional humour and as prominent examples of modernist metafiction. As a novelist, O'Brien was influenced by James Joyce. He was nonetheless sceptical of the "cult" of Joyce, saying "I declare to God if I hear that name Joyce one more time I will surely froth at the gob."
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1911 births1966 deaths20th-century Irish dramatists and playwrights20th-century Irish male writers20th-century Irish novelists20th-century pseudonymous writersAlumni of University College DublinAuthors of Sexton BlakeBloomsdayBurials at Deans Grange CemeteryDeaths from cancer in the Republic of IrelandIrish civil servants