| Críostóir Ó Floinn | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1927-12-18)18 December 1927 Limerick, Irish Free State |
| Died | 9 October 2023(2023-10-09) (aged 95) |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | Irish |
Críostóir Ó Floinn (18 December 1927 – 9 October 2023) was an Irish writer (who, when writing in English, used the anglicized form O'Flynn). He published over 50 works in Irish and English, including novels, plays, short stories, biographies, 12 books of poetry and a three-volume autobiography.
Educated at University College Dublin and Trinity College Dublin, Ó Floinn gained much attention for his controversial 1966 play, Cóta Bán Chríost (lit. "The white coat of Christ"), which won the Douglas Hyde memorial award at that year's Oireachtas na Gaeilge.
Ó Floinn was a member of Aosdána, the state-funded association of elite Irish artists, and received its Cnuas stipend. He won many awards, including several first prizes in the annual Oireachtas competitions. His plays have been produced in Dublin at the Abbey Theatre and Gate Theatre, and at leading theatres in Galway and Belfast. He has also written many plays for radio and television.
Ó Floinn died on 10 October 2023, at the age of 95.
Bibliography
- Lá Dá bhFaca Thú (1955), novel
- An tIolar Dubh agus Long na Marbh (1958), a novel
- Cóta Bán Chríost (1966), an Irish-language play
- The Order of Melchizedek, an English-language version of Cóta Bán Chríost
- Séanaid Bás le h-Adhart (1965) novel
- Learairí Lios an Phúca (1968), novel
- A Poet in Rome, poetry collection
- Sanctuary Island (1971), short stories
- Banana, poetry collection
- Is É A Dúirt Polonius (1973), play
- Mise Raifteirí an File (1974), play
- Van Gogh Chocolates, poetry collection
- Aisling Dhá Abhainn (1977), poetry collection
- Ó Fhás go hAois, poetry collection
- Centenary (1985), a 5,000-line poem chronicling the history of the Gaelic Athletic Association
- Homo Sapiens (1985), absurdist play
- There is an Isle (1998), first volume of autobiography
- Consplawkus (1999), second volume
- A Writer's Life, third volume
- The Heart Has Its Reasons, anthology of short stories
- Beautiful Limerick
- Lóchrann an Dóchais, a biography of Nano Nagle
References
- ^ "President leads tributes to Limerick author who has died". Live 95. 10 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ "Biography on Aosdána website". Archived from the original on 29 May 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
- "Ó Floinn, Críostóír" in Robert Welch (ed.) (2000), The Concise Oxford Companion to Irish Literature, Oxford University Press, ISBN 9780192800800
- 1927 births
- 2023 deaths
- 20th-century Irish poets
- 21st-century Irish poets
- 20th-century Irish memoirists
- Writers from Limerick (city)
- Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
- Alumni of University College Dublin
- 20th-century Irish short story writers
- 21st-century Irish short story writers
- Irish television writers
- The Irish Press people
- Irish columnists
- 20th-century Irish-language writers
- 21st-century Irish-language writers
- Alumni of St Patrick's College, Dublin
- 20th-century Irish dramatists and playwrights