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McGuinness, Frank

LC control no.n 83219787
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationPR6063.C515
Personal name headingMcGuinness, Frank
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Variant(s)フランク・マクギネス
Associated countryIreland
Associated placeDublin (Ireland)
Birth date19530729
Place of birthBuncrana (Ireland)
Field of activityEnglish drama English poetry
AffiliationUniversity College, Dublin
National University of Ireland, Maynooth
University of Ulster
Profession or occupationDramatists Poets Translators College teachers
Special noteMachine-derived non-Latin script reference project.
Non-Latin script reference not evaluated.
"Guinness" in NUC record's usage per CaQMM rept.
Found inHis The Factory Girls, 1982: t.p. (Frank McGuinness)
nuc90-35895: His Carthaginians and Baglady, 1988 (hdg. on CaQMM rept.: McGuinness, Frank; usage: Frank Guinness)
His Booterstown, 1994: t.p. (Frank McGuinness) jkt. (b. 1953)
Wikipedia, April 30, 2014 (Frank McGuinness; Professor Frank McGuinness (born 29 July 1953) is an Irish playwright and poet. As well as his own works, which include The Factory Girls, Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme, Someone Who'll Watch Over Me and Dolly West's Kitchen, he is recognised for a strong record of adapting literary classics, having translated the plays of Racine, Sophocles, Ibsen and Strindberg to critical acclaim; Professor of Creative Writing at University College Dublin (UCD) since 2007; previously lectured in Linguistics and Drama at the University of Ulster, Medieval Studies at University College, Dublin and English at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth. Then he was a writer-in-residence lecturing at University College Dublin before being appointed Professor of Creative Writing in the School of English, Drama and Film at University College Dublin; born Buncrana, County Donegal, Ireland; occupation: Playwright, poet, translator; nationality: Irish)
Associated languageeng