Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1881-12-08
- Died
- 1972
- Works
- 175
Top works
- Oliver Goldsmith
- The king of Ireland's son
- The children of Odin
- The road round Ireland
- Homage to James Joyce
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Ireland
- Active from
- 1881-12-08
- Active to
- 1972-01-11
biographernovelistplaywrightpoetwriter
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 167
- Total plays
- 1,682
Padraic Colum (born Patrick Columb on 8 December 1881; died 11 January 1972) was an Irish poet, novelist, dramatist, biographer, playwright, children's author and collector of folklore. He was one of the leading figures of the Irish Literary Revival. He recorded "The Golden Treasury Of Irish Verse" in 1956. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Padraic+Colum">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Irish Free State
- Place of birth
- County Longford
- Place of death
- Hartford County
- Occupation
- children's writer
- Educated at
- University College Dublin
- Employer
- Columbia University
- Languages spoken
- Irish
- Native language
- English language
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Field of work
- children's literature
- Image
- PadraicColum.jpeg
Show 9 more facts
- date of birth
- 1881-01-01
- date of death
- 1972-01-01
- Commons category
- Padraic Colum
- cause of death
- disease
- writing language
- English language
- P12749
- androgen
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons Creator page
- Padraic Colum
- birth name
- Patrick Collumb
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