Thomas Flanagan (writer)

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Thomas Flanagan (November 5, 1923 – March 21, 2002) was an American professor of English literature who specialized in Irish literature. He was also a successful novelist. Flanagan, who was born in Greenwich, Connecticut, graduated from Amherst College in 1945. He was a tenured full - Professor in the English Department at the University of California, Berkeley until his retirement. Flanagan died in 2002, at the age of 78, in Berkeley.

His historical novels are:

The Year of the French (1979)
The Tenants of Time (1988)
The End of the Hunt (1995)

He won the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1979 for The Year of the French. The Archives and Special Collections at Amherst College holds his papers.

References

Irish writers website page

External links

Thomas A. Flanagan Papers, Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Persondata
Name	Flanagan, Thomas
Alternative names
Short description	Professor, novelist
Date of birth	November 5, 1923
Place of birth	Greenwich, Connecticut, United States
Date of death	March 21, 2002
Place of death	Berkeley, California, United States

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