Walter Macken (3 May 1915 â€" 22 April 1967) (Irish Uaitéar Ã"
MaicÃn), was born in Galway, Ireland. He was a writer of short
stories, novels and plays.Walter Macken was originally an actor,
principally with the Taibhdhearc (where he met his wife, Peggy) in
Galway, and The Abbey Theatre in Dublin. He also played lead roles on
Broadway in M. J. Molloy's The King of Friday's Men and his own play
Home Is the Hero. The success of his third book, Rain on the Wind,
(winner of the Literary Guild award in the USA) enabled him to focus
his energies on writing. 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, and wrote a biography of his father, 'Walter Macken: Dreams
on Paper'.Two further novels, 'And then No More' (1946) and 'Cockles
and Mustard' (1947) remain unpublished.
MaicÃn), was born in Galway, Ireland. He was a writer of short
stories, novels and plays.Walter Macken was originally an actor,
principally with the Taibhdhearc (where he met his wife, Peggy) in
Galway, and The Abbey Theatre in Dublin. He also played lead roles on
Broadway in M. J. Molloy's The King of Friday's Men and his own play
Home Is the Hero. The success of his third book, Rain on the Wind,
(winner of the Literary Guild award in the USA) enabled him to focus
his energies on writing. 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, and wrote a biography of his father, 'Walter Macken: Dreams
on Paper'.Two further novels, 'And then No More' (1946) and 'Cockles
and Mustard' (1947) remain unpublished.
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