Frank O’Connor (1903–1966) was an Irish writer of over 150 works, best known for his short stories. In 1936, The Irish Times declared that there was “nothing to be gained by comparing his work with that of other masters of the short story: he is master among masters himself.” The Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award is named for him.
Department KR: A Section of Briefer Comment
Summer 1969
The Saint
Tim Traynor was the curate in the Star of the Sea Church in Sandymount, Dublin. I had met him first through Sean O’Faolain when Tim was curate in Adam and […]
Department KR: A Section of Briefer Comment
Spring 1965
The Scholar
George Russell, who was full of Hegelianism, used to argue that Irish literature developed in pairs. There were himself and Yeats, then Stephens and Colum, then Austin Clarke and F.R. […]
Nonfiction
Winter 1963
The Slave’s Son
There is still no satisfactory book on Anton Chekhov, and this is scarcely to be wondered at. He has been the victim of more enthusiastic misunderstanding than any short story […]
Nonfiction
Autumn 1962
Country Matters
A. E. Coppard used to say that if ever he edited an anthology of short stories he would have an easy job because half the book would be by Chekhov […]
Nonfiction
Winter 1961
Rifles, Poems, and Curfews
The Irish nation and myself were both engaged in an elaborate process of improvisation. I was improvising an education I could not afford, and the country was improvising a revolution […]
Weekend Reads
The Saint
From the Kenyon Review, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, 1969 Tim Traynor was the curate in the Start of the Sea Church in Sandymount, Dublin. I had met him first through […]