Name Walter Macken Role Writer | Children Ultan Macken | |
Spouse Peggy Kenny (m. 1937–1967) Movies Flight of the Doves, Home Is the Hero, The Quare Fellow Books Seek the Fair Land, The silent people, The scorching wind, Rain on the wind, Flight of the Doves Similar People Ralph Nelson, Arthur Dreifuss, Fielder Cook | ||
Walter Macken Documentary
Walter Macken (3 May 1915 - 22 April 1967) (Irish Uaitéar Ó Maicín), was born in Galway, Ireland. He was a writer of short stories, novels and plays.
Contents
- Walter Macken Documentary
- Des Kenny Reviews The Bog Man by Walter Macken
- Biography
- Plays
- Novels
- Novels for children
- Other works
- References
Des Kenny Reviews: The Bog Man by Walter Macken
Biography
Walter Macken was originally an actor, principally with the Taibhdhearc (where he met his wife, Peggy) in Galway, and The Abbey Theatre in Dublin. He also played lead roles on Broadway in M. J. Molloy's The King of Friday's Men and his own play Home Is the Hero. The success of his third book, Rain on the Wind, (winner of the Literary Guild award in the USA) enabled him to focus his energies on writing. He also acted in films, notably in Arthur Dreifuss' adaptation of Brendan Behan's The Quare Fellow. He is perhaps best known for his trilogy of Irish historical novels Seek the Fair Land, The Silent People and The Scorching Wind.
His son Ultan Macken is a well-known journalist in the print and broadcast media of Ireland, and wrote a biography of his father, 'Walter Macken: Dreams on Paper'.
Plays
Novels
Two further novels, 'And then No More' (1946) and 'Cockles and Mustard' (1947) remain unpublished.
Novels for children
Macken wrote some 5 collections of short stories for children, and also: