|
Nuala O'Faolain (; 1 March 1940〔"(Nuala O'Faolain )" (obituary). ''Telegraph'', 11 May 2008. Retrieved on 12 August 2009.〕9 May 2008) was an Irish journalist, TV producer, book reviewer, teacher and writer. She became well known after the publication of her memoirs ''Are You Somebody?'' and ''Almost There''. She went on to write a biography of Irish criminal Chicago May and two novels. ==Personal life== O'Faolain was born in Clontarf, Dublin, the second eldest of nine children. Her father, known as 'TerryO' was a well-known Irish journalist, writing the "Dubliners Diary" social column under the pen name Terry O'Sullivan for the ''Dublin Evening Press''. She was educated at University College Dublin, the University of Hull, and Oxford University.〔"(Are You Somebody )". Editorial Review (Amazon). Retrieved on 14 April 2008.〕 She taught for a time at Morley College, and worked as a television producer for the BBC and Radio Telefís Éireann. O'Faolain described her early life as growing up in a Catholic country which in her view feared sexuality and forbade her even information about her body.〔"Are You Somebody?" Nuala O'Faolain, New Island 1996, Introduction ix〕 In her writings she often discusses her frustration at the sexism and rigidity of roles in Catholic Ireland that expected her to marry and have children, of which she did neither. O'Faolain was engaged at least once,〔"(Nuala O'Faolain )". Penguin. Retrieved on 14 April 2008.〕 but she never married. In ''Are You Somebody?'', she speaks candidly about her fifteen-year relationship with the journalist Nell McCafferty, who published her own memoir, ''Nell''.〔Nolan, Yvonne. "(The Girl of Her Dreams )". ''Publishers Weekly'', 3 December 2001. Retrieved on 14 April 2008.〕 From 2002 until her death, O'Faolain lived much of the time with Brooklyn-based attorney John Low-Beer and his daughter Anna. They were registered as domestic partners in 2003. O'Faolain split her time between Ireland and New York City.〔"(Nuala O'Faolain )". BookBrowse.com, 15 February 2001. Retrieved on 14 April 2008.〕 She had been diagnosed with metastatic cancer and was interviewed on the Marian Finucane radio show on RTE Radio One on 12 April 2008 in relation to her terminal illness. 〔 (【引用サイトリンク】title=Podcast of radio interview of O'Faolain by Marian Finucane )〕 She told Finucane, "I don't want more time. As soon as I heard I was going to die, the goodness went from life".〔"(Nuala O' Faolain interview )". ''Sunday Independent'', 13 April 2008. Retrieved on 14 April 2008.〕 On 9 May 2008, it was announced that O'Faolain had died during the night. In 2012, RTÉ announced a major new documentary on her life. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nuala O'Faolain」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|