Mervyn Wall (1908â€"1997) was an Irish writer who was born in Dublin.
Wall attended Belvedere College and worked as a civil servant
1934â€"48, for Radio Éireann from 1948â€"57, and as Secretary of the
Arts Council for 1957â€"75.[1][2] His wife, Frances Feehan, was a
theatre and music critic.Wall published novels, short stories and
plays, and wrote for a short-lived literary magazine, Ireland
Today.Wall wrote two humorous fantasy novels, The Unfortunate Fursey
and The Return of Fursey, about the misadventures of a monk in Dark
Ages Ireland.[3] The Fursey novels have been highly praised in North
America. E. F. Bleiler in The Guide to Supernatural Fiction described
The Unfortunate Fursey as "a landmark book in the history of
fantasy".[2] Darrell Schweitzer described Wall as "one of the finest
comic fantasists ever, but also one of the most neglected." [2] Parke
Godwin described both Fursey novels as "pure gold".[2]
Wall attended Belvedere College and worked as a civil servant
1934â€"48, for Radio Éireann from 1948â€"57, and as Secretary of the
Arts Council for 1957â€"75.[1][2] His wife, Frances Feehan, was a
theatre and music critic.Wall published novels, short stories and
plays, and wrote for a short-lived literary magazine, Ireland
Today.Wall wrote two humorous fantasy novels, The Unfortunate Fursey
and The Return of Fursey, about the misadventures of a monk in Dark
Ages Ireland.[3] The Fursey novels have been highly praised in North
America. E. F. Bleiler in The Guide to Supernatural Fiction described
The Unfortunate Fursey as "a landmark book in the history of
fantasy".[2] Darrell Schweitzer described Wall as "one of the finest
comic fantasists ever, but also one of the most neglected." [2] Parke
Godwin described both Fursey novels as "pure gold".[2]
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