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the drunkard by Frank O’ Connor Contents Author Biography Words Question Plot Summary Theme Frank O’Connor Frank O’Connor (born Michael Francis OConnor ODonovan) (1903– 1966) was an Irish author of over 150 works, who was best known for his short stories and books of memoirs. Born an only child in Cork, Ireland, to Minnie OConnor and Michael ODonovan, his early life was marked by his fathers alcoholism, indebtness and ill-treatment of his mother . Author Biography 1. His childhood was shaped in part by his saintly mother, who supplied much of the familys income because his father was unable to keep steady employment due to his drunkenness. Author Biography In 1918 he joined the First Brigade of the IRA in its resistance to British rule. He opposed the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921 and took the Anti-Treaty side in the Irish Civil War which followed. He worked in a small propaganda unit in Cork City. He was subsequently among the twelve thousand anti-Treaty Irish Republicans who were interned by the Irish Free State forces. Author Biography OConnor was imprisoned between 1922 and 1923. Following the war, the polyglot OConnor took various positions including that of Irish teacher and librarian. He had a stroke while teaching at Stanford University in 1961, and later died from a heart attack in Dublin, Ireland on March 10 1966. Major Works Guests of the Nation (1931, short stories)Bones of Contention (1936, short stories)The Big Fellow (1937, biography, of Michael Collins) Dutch Interior (1940, novel)Crab Apple Jelly (1944, short stories)Travelers Samples (1956, short stories)An Only Child (1961, memoir)My Oedipus Complex (1963, short stories)Collected Stories (1981, short stories) Words aglow demise scent conscientious despondent abstinence reverently gratify distraught shining with warmth color death discover by the sense of smell careful to do one ought to do showing loss of hope abstaining, esp. from food or alcoholic drinks with reverence give pleasu