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nytimes.com
(April 22, 1991)
Sean
O'Faolain, an Irish writer who was considered a master of the short
story, died on Saturday in the Dublin nursing home where he had lived
for two years. He was 91 years old...
...Mr.
O'Faolain, whose original name was John Francis Whelan, was born in
County Cork on Feb. 22, 1900, the son of a constable. "From an
early age he was inhibited," Gordon Henderson wrote in his
Dictionary of Literary Biography, by "his father's unquestioning
respect for authority, his mother's excessive piety, and the
preoccupation both had with rising above their peasant-farmer
origins."...
...For
more than 60 years, Mr. O'Faolain (pronounced oh-FAY-lawn) won over
readers with short stories that were known for their artful blend of
lyricism, humor and irony. A prolific writer, he also wrote novels,
biographies of leading Irish figures, plays and travelogues...
..."As
I see it," he said, "a short story, if it is a good story,
is like a child's kite -- a small wonder, a brief, bright moment."
Ireland With Some Irony...
..."Everything
I write is romantic. But I know too that I have to put in -- that my
only hope of sanity and balance is to put in -- irony. Irony is the
only element that saves me from being soppy."...
...The
most traumatic event of his youth was the Easter rebellion of 1916.
He first opposed the uprising, but soon became enraged by the
brutality of the British forces in crushing it and executing its
leaders. He studied Gaelic, changed his name and joined in
anti-British activities, but avoided extreme violence, observing
later, "To have cast me for the role of a gunman would have been
like casting me as a bull-fighter." Stories of the Troubles...
..."Like
Joyce and O'Connor," Gordon Henderson wrote, Mr. O'Faolain "took
the short story as he received it from Maupassant and Chekhov and
transformed it into something uniquely his own and uniquely
Irish."...