| Mary Beckett | |
|---|---|
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| Born | 1926 Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Died | 2013(2013-00-00) (aged 86–87) Dublin, Ireland |
| Occupation | Author |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Alma mater | St. Mary's Teacher Training College |
| Notable works | Give Them Stones A Belfast Woman A Literary Woman |
| Notable awards | 1987 The Sunday Tribute Arts Award for Literature |
| Children | 5 |
Mary Beckett (1926–2013) was an Irish author.
Biography
She was born in Belfast. She attended St. Dominic's High School and then proceeded to St. Mary's Teacher Training College. She married and moved to Dublin where she worked as a teacher. She had five children.
Writing career
In the 1950s, she wrote radio plays for BBC Northern Ireland and had several short stories published.
It was not until she was in her fifties that she began publish again. Her first was a collection of her earlier short stories entitled A Belfast Woman (1980). This was followed by A Literary Woman (1990). She also wrote a novel entitled Give them Stones (1987), and several children's books including Orla was Six, Orla at School, A Family Tree, and Hannah, or the Pink Balloons.
References
- Casey, Philip. "Beckett, Mary". Irish Writers Online. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
- ^ Ferguson, Amanda (12 November 2013). "Mary Beckett: Literary world mourning loss of top woman writer". Retrieved 11 October 2014.
- Alexander G. Gonzalez, ed. (2006). Irish Women Writers: An A-to-Z Guide. Greenwood. pp. 14–17. ISBN 978-0313328831.
- Matthews, Kelley (Summer 2014). "A Belfast Woman: Shame, Guilt, and Gender in Mary Beckett's Short Stories of the 1950s". New Hibernia Review. 18 (2). University of St. Thomas: 97–109. doi:10.1353/nhr.2014.0031. S2CID 143977948.
- Pelan, Rebecca (2006). Two Irelands: Literary Feminisms North And South. Syracuse University Press. pp. 55–56. ISBN 978-0815630593.
- Matthews, Kelly (2014). "A Belfast woman: Shame, guilt and gender in Mary Beckett's short stories of the 1950s". New Hibernia Review / Iris Éireannach Nua. 18 (2): 97–109. doi:10.1353/nhr.2014.0031. JSTOR 24625134. S2CID 143977948. Retrieved 9 August 2021.