Flann O'Brien (1911–1966)
Author of The Third Policeman
About the Author
Writer Brian O'Nolan was born on October 5, 1911. He graduated from University College, Dublin. This gifted Irish writer had three identities: Brian O'Nolan, an Irish civil servant and administrator; Myles Copaleen, columnist for the Irish Times, poet and author of An Beal Bocht (The Poor Mouth: A show more Bad Story about the Hard Life, 1941), a satire in Gaelic on the Gaelic revival; and Flann O'Brien, playwright and avant-garde comic novelist. His masterpiece, At Swim-Two-Birds (1939), went almost unrecognized in its time. This novel, which plays havoc with the conventional novel form, is about a man writing a book about characters in turn writing about him. O'Brien starts off with three separate openings. The Third Policeman (1967), funny but grim, plunges into the world of the dead, though one is not immediately aware that the protagonist is no longer living. He died on April 1, 1966. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Flann O'Brien
O Terceiro Polícia 2 copies
The Third Policeman 2 copies
John Duffy's Brother 1 copy
The Best of Myles 1 copy
The Poor Mouth — Author — 1 copy
Irlanda 1 copy
Brian, Flann and Miles 1 copy
No title 1 copy
Myles Before Myles 1 copy
Binchy and Bergin and Best 1 copy
Associated Works
The Vintage Book of Amnesia: An Anthology of Writing on the Subject of Memory Loss (2000) — Contributor — 216 copies
The Penguin Book of Irish Comic Writing (1996) — Author, some editions; Author, some editions — 25 copies
Great Irish Writing: The Best from the Bell (Classic Irish Fiction) (1978) — Contributor — 20 copies
The Brother [VHS] — Based on work — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Nualláin, Brian Ó
- Other names
- O'Nolan, Brian
gCopaleen, Myles na (pseudonym)
Gopaleen, Myles na (pseudonym)
Brother Barnabas (pseudonym)
Blakesley, Stephen (pseudonym)
Knowall, George (pseudonym) - Birthdate
- 1911-10-05
- Date of death
- 1966-04-01
- Burial location
- Deansgrange Cemetery, Dublin, Ireland
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Ireland
- Birthplace
- Strabane, Northern Ireland
- Place of death
- Dublin, Ireland
- Cause of death
- heart attack
- Places of residence
- Dublin, Ireland
- Education
- Blackrock College
University College Dublin - Occupations
- civil servant
dramatist
novelist - Organizations
- Literary and Historical Society (University College Dublin)
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Statistics
- Works
- 51
- Also by
- 11
- Members
- 11,991
- Popularity
- #1,956
- Rating
- 3.9
- Reviews
- 246
- ISBNs
- 280
- Languages
- 22
- Favorited
- 121
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