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Padraic Colum The Irish-American author Padraic Colum (1881-1972), best known for his poetry and plays, was active in the Irish Literary Revival. Padraic Colum was born in County Longford and as a youth met many who ...
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Colum, Padraic (1881–1972), playwright, novelist ... and Thomas Muskerry (1910). In 1912 Colum married Mary Maguire [ Colum ], leaving Irela...
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Colum, Padraic (1881–1972), Irish dramatist and man of letters, three of whose early plays had a strong influence on the development of ... ...
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Colum, Padraic (1881–1972), Irish poet and playwright. Prominent among the younger members of the Irish Revival, he wrote several gloomily ...
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8 December 1881, Longford, Ireland

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11 January 1972, Enfield, Connecticut, USA

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Author and poet, educated in public schools and at Columbia University and Trinity College (Dublin). He came to the USA in 1914, and was a member of the Academy of Irish Letters, the National Institute of Arts and Letters, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He authored the poems "Wild Earth", "The Story of Lowry Maen", and "Creatures", and the plays "The King of Ireland's Son", "The Adventures of Odysseus", "Tale of Troy", and "Balloon", and the essay "A Half-Day's Ride". His autobiography is "Vive Moi". He received both the Gregory Medal and the Regina Medal, and awards from the Academy of American Poets, the Academy of Irish Letters, the Boston Arts Festival, and the Catholic Library Association. Joining ASCAP in 1950, he authored the following poems set to music: "O Men from the Field", "An Old Woman of the Roads", "Songs from Connacht", "Wild Earth", "Creatures", and "Old Pastures".

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