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O'Faolain, Sean was born in 1900 in Ireland. Son of Denis Whelan O'Faolain.
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This novel is set in late 19th-century Ireland, where Corney Crone grows up in a family marked by poverty, pride, and spoiled aspiration. The recurring theme in Corney's life is one of solitude, a note which becomes more dominant in his old age. Corney is a "bird alone," reliving the experiences of his youth and the secret love for his childhood sweetheart.
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O'Faolain, Sean was born in 1900 in Ireland. Son of Denis Whelan O'Faolain.
Ed, National University Ireland. Ed, Harvard University.
Lecturer english Boston College, 1929, St. Mary's College, Strawberry Hill, 1929—1933. Board directors Arts Council Ireland, 1957—1959. Fellow Commonwealth, 1926—1928, John Harvard, 1928—1929.
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(The autobiography of the celebrated Irish writer.)
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Married Eileen Gould, 1928.