Frank McGuinness Writer

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". Prof. McGuinness has been Professor of Creative Writing at University College Dublin (UCD) since 2007.

Personal facts

Birth dateJuly 29, 1953
Birth place
County Donegal , Buncrana
Nationality
Irish people

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notable work
Dolly West's Kitchen
Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme
Someone Who'll Watch Over Me
The Factory Girls

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Frank McGuinness on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://fb14.uni-mainz.de/projects/cde/bibl/mcguinness.htm
  2. http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsM/mcguinness-frank.html
  3. http://www.faber.co.uk/author/frank-mcguinness
  4. http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp?ID=5623
  5. http://www.irelandliteratureguide.com/frank_mcguinness.html
  6. http://www.irishplayography.com/search/person.asp?la=en&PersonID=2076