Maeve brennan biography of barack

Born 1917, Dublin, Ireland

Daughter of James Brennan and wife; married St. Clair McKelway

The daughter of an Irish partisan, Maeve Brennan spent most of her early life in Dublin.

In 1934 her family emigrated to America where, in the early 1940s, Brennan joined the staff of Harper's Bazaar and then the New Yorker. She originated the "long-winded lady" column featured in the New Yorker's "Talk of the Town," and published most of her stories in the magazine.

Maeve brennan biography of barack obama

Her marriage to fellow staffer St. Clair McKelway lasted seven years. In 1973 Brennan received a literature award from the National Institute of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Brennan's first book, In and Out of Never-Never Land (1969), is a collection of stories published between 1953 and 1968.

Outstanding tales include "The Eldest Child," concerning the death of a newborn son and his parents' separate grief; "Stories of Africa," wherein a gentle Irish-woman nervous