Home > Literature and the Arts > Literature in English > American Literature: Biographies
Hide all research tools Print this article Link to this article
Link to this article

CloseClose

Create a link to this page

Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:

<a href="http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Padraic_Colum.aspx" title="Facts and informations about Padraic Colum">Padraic Colum</a>

Add this article to Del.icio.usShare this article on FacebookBookmark this article on FurlShare this article on Ma.gnoliaSubmit this article to RedditGive this article a thumbs-up on StumbleUpon
Show all research tools

Research topic: Padraic Colum

Related pictures

Click to see an enlarged picture
Click to see an enlarged picture
Click to see an enlarged picture
Rate these pictures

Padraic Colum

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Padraic Colum , 1881-1972, Irish-American author, b. Longford, Ireland. He was active in the Irish literary renaissance and helped to found the Abbey Theatre. His verse includes Wild Earth (1907), The Story of Lowry Maen (1937), and Collected Poems (1953). He also wrote children's stories based on Irish folklore. His wife was Mary (Maguire) Colum, 1880?-1957, Irish-American critic, b. Sligo, Ireland. Her autobiography, Life and the Dream (1947), vividly describes various literary circles. ... Read more
Padraic Colum
Encyclopedia of World Biography Padraic Colum The Irish-American author Padraic Colum (1881-1972), best known for his poetry and plays, was active in the Irish Literary Revival. Padraic Colum was born in County Longford and as a youth met many who... Read more
Colum, Padraic
The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre Colum, Padraic (1881–1972), Irish dramatist and man of letters, three of whose early plays had a strong influence on the development of...emigration. The setting of Thomas Muskerry (1910) is a small town, the drab life of whose inhabitants is meticulously delineated. Colum's relationship with the ... Read more

Facts and information from other sites



Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

Song credit not Fair say poet family.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England); 9/23/1996; 148 words ; ...recorded or performed versions of Padraic Colum's She Moved Through The Fair - but...credit him with writing the lyrics. Colum's grand niece, Cliona Ni Shuilleabhain...traditional. It is under copyright. Colum, who died in 1971, wrote the lyrics... Read more
Non-canonical.(Poem)
Magazine article from: TriQuarterly; 6/22/2006; ; 700+ words ; Padraic Colum (1881-1972) Shortly before the Cold War antagonists trumpeted their twin ICBMs, I read, in a chill, somber library vault, your... Read more
Heritage Center spotlights poetry
Newspaper article from: Lincolnwood Review (IL); 9/22/2005; ; 524 words ; ...poetry, featuring the works of poet Padraic Colum on Sunday. The event, which now takes...culturally rich," Choske said. "And Colum is such a special poet and novelist...typifies) the country's spirit." Colum was born in Longford in 1881. At... Read more
Editing Manuscripts in the New English: Forward to the Past. (Language & Literature).
Magazine article from: Michigan Academician; 3/22/2002; ; 203 words ; ...paper interrogates a holograph by Padraic Colum, one that appears long forgotten...soon after his arrival in New York, Colum set our to modernize the language...genetic--or even a critical--version of Colum's material is explored, as is its... Read more
Where the deer and the antelope rhyme Cowboy Poetry Gathering to focus on Irish, Welsh
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 1/26/1998; ; 489 words ; ...wind in the morn; And the proud and hard earth Never broken for corn . . . " from "The Drover," by Irish-American poet Padraic Colum Welsh and Irish cowboys? Yep, pard ner, they're rounding up and heading out to the 14th annual Cowboy Poetry Gathering... Read more
Poetic widow. (reminiscences about George Yeats, wife of the poet Yeats)
Magazine article from: The Southern Review; 6/22/1996; ; 700+ words ; ...And when I lived in Beechwood Avenue, I would glimpse Padraic Colum coming and going from his sister's house, which was almost...widow of our greatest poet lived just round the comer. Colum was gentle and approachable, whereas Mrs. Yeats seemed... Read more
Anniversaries
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 1/11/2000; 136 words ; ...Bahadur Shastri, prime minister of India, 1966; Richmal Crompton (Lamburn), author and creator of "William", 1969; Padraic Colum, poet and founder of the Irish National Theatre, 1972; Barbara Mary Pym, novelist, 1980. On this day: Charing Cross... Read more
Anniversaries: 8th December 1995
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 12/8/1995; 289 words ; ...1562; Sir John Davies, lawyer and poet, 1626; Thomas Corneille, playwright, 1709; Thomas De Quincey, author, 1859; Padraic Colum, poet, 1881; Herbert Spencer, writer and philosopher, 1903; Gertrude Jekyll, gardener, 1932; Golda Meir (Goldie Mabovitch... Read more
Perception can be a blessing or a curse; Conclusions: The quality of life is in the eye of the beholder
Newspaper article from: Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque); 11/23/2002; ; 484 words ; ...it every year as I stock my larder for the official day of counting blessings. Published in 1920 by the Irish poet Padraic Colum, it tells the tale of an old woman forced to wander because she has no home. Aside from its haunting lilt, the poem... Read more
A moving swan song; Answers to Correspondents.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 4/14/2003; 555 words ; ...traditional', it was in fact composed by a 20th-century songwriting partnership. The words were written by Irish poet Padraic Colum (1881-1972), a contemporary and close friend of James Joyce, while the tune was composed by Belfast's Herbert Hughes... Read more

Related research topics

Edit this list

Online videos

Jane Holohan "She moved through the fair" by Padraic Colum
Add/Rate Videos

Free newspaper and magazine articles

Free Article Murder, he read: crime, punishment & sex. (Of Several Minds).
Magazine article from: Commonweal; 6/20/2003
Free Article Studies in Bibliography.(Periodical Review)
Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review; 4/1/2005
Free Article Slessor's Library.(Kenneth Slessor )
Magazine article from: Southerly; 6/22/1998

For Students and teachers!

HighBeam Encyclopedia provides students and teachers facts, information, and biographies from verified, citable sources, including:

Encyclopedia.com provides students and teachers facts, information, and biographies from verified, citable sources, including: