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McGahern, John, 1934-2006

LC control no.n 80012547
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationPR6063.A2176
Personal name headingMcGahern, John, 1934-2006
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Birth date1934-11-12
Death date2006-03-30
Place of birthDublin (Ireland)
Place of deathDublin (Ireland)
Field of activityFiction--Authorship Novels
Profession or occupationAuthors Novelists
Found inHis The barracks, 1963.
New York times WWW site, Mar. 31, 2006 (John McGahern; b. Nov. 12, 1934, Dublin; d. there yesterday [Mar. 30, 2006], aged 71; his stark depiction of love and despair in repressive rural Ireland made him one of his country's most acclaimed fiction writers)
Associated languageeng