Walter Macken

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Walter Macken (May 3, 1915 - April 22, 1967) (Irish Uaitéar Ó Maicín), was born in Galway, Ireland. He was a writer of short stories, novels and plays. Originally an actor, principally with the Taibhdhearc in Galway, and The Abbey Theatre, he played lead roles on Broadway in M. J. Molloy's The King of Friday's Men and his own play Home Is the Hero. 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.

List of works

Plays

Mungo's Mansion (1946)
Home is the Hero (1952)

Novels

Rain on the Wind (London, MacMillan, 1950)
The Bogman (MacMillan, 1952)
Seek the Fair Land (MacMillan,1959)
The Silent People (MacMillan, 1962)
The Scorching Wind (MacMillan, 1964)
Quench the Moon
Brown Lord of the Mountain
Sullivan
Sunset on the Window Panes

Novels for children

Island of the Great Yellow Ox (MacMillan, 1966)
Flight of the Doves (MacMillan, 1963), which was adapted for the cinema.

Other works

I am Alone
The Green Hills (stories)
The Coll Doll and other Stories (which includes thirteen stories from The Green Hills)
God Made Sunday and other Stories

External links

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Name	Macken, Walter
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Short description	Irish actor and writer
Date of birth	3 May 1915
Place of birth
Date of death	22 April 1967
Place of death

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