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Mary McCarthy (other)
Mary McCarthy may refer to: The arts * Mary Downing (1815–1881), Irish poet born Mary McCarthy * Mary Stanislaus MacCarthy (1849–1897), Irish poet and nun * Mary MacCarthy (1882–1953), English writer and member of the Bloomsbury Group * Mary Eunice McCarthy (1899–1969), American screenwriter, playwright, and journalist * Mary McCarthy (author) (1912–1989), American novelist, critic, and memoirist * Mary McCarthy (screenwriter), American, screenwriter for movies ''Theodora Goes Wild'' (1936) and ''Sister Kenny'' (1946) * Mary McCarthy (fiction writer) (1951–2013), Irish novelist, teacher, book reviewer Other * Mary McCarthy (activist) (1866–1933), New Zealand temperance advocate and teacher * Mary McCarthy Gomez Cueto (1900–2009), wealthy Canadian expatriate who lived an impoverished life in Havana * Mary McCarthy (police officer) (1903–1978), Australian police officer * Mary McCarthy (CIA) Mary O'Neil McCarthy (born 1945) is a former United States Central In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Downing
Mary Downing (née McCarthy; ''c.''1815–1881) was an Irish poet and nationalist best known by her pen name "Christabel". Some of her poetry appeared in ''The ballad poetry of Ireland'' (1869), a collection of verse edited by Charles Gavan Duffy. Life Mary Downing was born Mary McCarthy around 1815 in Kilfadda More, Kilgarvan, County Kerry. She was the eldest daughter of Daniel McCarthy, Esq. Over her life time, she used a number of pen names but is best known as "Christabel" or "Myrrha". Under these names, Downing published a large amount of her verse in the ''Cork Southern Reporter'' and the ''Freeholder''. Under the names "M.F.D." and "C**l" she contributed several poems to the ''Dublin Citizen''. Her best known work, ''Scraps from the mountains, and other poems'' was published in 1840 in Dublin. She married Washington Downing (died 1877) of Kenmare in the 1830s. He was the parliamentary reporter for the '' Daily News'', so the couple moved to London. Washington's brother was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Stanislaus MacCarthy
Sister Mary Stanislaus MacCarthy (1849–1897) was an Irish poet, educator and nun. MacCarthy was a daughter of poet Denis Florence MacCarthy, who wrote as "Desmond of The Nation" and Elizabeth MacCarthy (née Donnelly). Biography Mary MacCarthy was born on 26 December 1849 in Blackrock, County Dublin and was the eldest of nine children. As a child she became a student of St. Catherine's Dominican Convent, Sion Hill, Blackrock, aged 10. She became a novice of the convent on the 18 December 1867, later joining the community in 1869, completing her vows and becoming Sister Mary Stanislaus of the Order of St. Dominick on 14 June 1870. Becoming an English literature teacher, she continued to practice and educate at St Catherine's until she was taken ill with typhoid fever in the summer of 1897, dying on the grounds of St Catherine's on 11 August 1897, aged 47, after having served as a nun for 29 years and 10 months. Family and early years In her infancy her father dedicated poe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary MacCarthy
Mary, Lady MacCarthy (August 1882 – 29 December 1953) was a British writer; known for her involvement in the "Bloomsbury Group", and commonly called Molly. She was born Mary Warre-Cornish in Lynton, Devon; the daughter of schoolmaster and man of letters Francis Warre Warre-Cornish by his wife, Blanche. In 1906 she married the literary critic Sir Desmond MacCarthy, with whom she had two sons, Michael and Dermod, and a daughter, Rachel (later Lady David Cecil). Though prevented by progressive hearing-loss from full participation in group conversation, she was active in the Bloomsbury group, as demonstrated by her formation of its Memoir group and Novel group, and by coining the term "Bloomsberries" to describe its members. Her sister Cecilia married William Wordsworth Fisher later Admiral. Her daughter Rachel married the biographer David Cecil. She died at Hampton, Middlesex of heart failure, and is buried at the Parish of the Ascension Burial Ground in Cambridge, with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Eunice McCarthy
Mary Eunice McCarthy (March 4, 1899 – August 7, 1969) was an American screenwriter, playwright, journalist and author, perhaps best known today as the screenwriter of, and driving force behind, the biopic ''Sister Kenny'' (1946).Cohn, Victor (February 10, 1954). "The Story of Sister Kenny: Seven Questions at Party Tested Nurse's Character". pp. 1-A10-A Retrieved February 2, 2022. . Biography Beginnings One of 13 children born to John Henry McCarty and Catherine Elizabeth Theresa Lynch,Nichols, Luther (November 8, 1957)[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary McCarthy (author)
Mary Therese McCarthy (June 21, 1912 – October 25, 1989) was an American novelist, critic and political activist, best known for her novel ''The Group'', her marriage to critic Edmund Wilson, and her storied feud with playwright Lillian Hellman. McCarthy was the winner of the Horizon Prize in 1949 and was awarded two Guggenheim Fellowships, in 1949 and 1959. She was a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters and the American Academy in Rome. In 1973, she delivered the Huizinga Lecture in Leiden, the Netherlands, under the title ''Can There Be a Gothic Literature?'' The same year she was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She won the National Medal for Literature and the Edward MacDowell Medal in 1984. McCarthy held honorary degrees from Bard, Bowdoin, Colby, Smith College, Syracuse University, the University of Maine at Orono, the University of Aberdeen, and the University of Hull. Literary career and public life Her debut novel, ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary McCarthy (screenwriter)
Mary McCarthy (not to be confused with another screenwriter—Mary Eunice McCarthy) was an American screenwriter active in the 1930s and 1940s."Irish Mary McCarthy Does Unpredictable Things" ''The Tampa Tribune''. July 30, 1939. p. 36. Retrieved January 30, 2022. Biography Born and raised in , , to Irish parents (just like the similarly named screenwriter), McCarthy pursued a career as a schoolteacher in |
Mary McCarthy (fiction Writer)
Mary McCarthy (1951–2013) was an Irish novelist from Glasnevin in Dublin. Works McCarthy was the author of five novels, ''Remember Me'', ''And No Bird Sang'', ''Crescendo'', ''Shame the Devil'' and ''After the Rain'' with Poolbeg Press. She sold over 100,000 copies of her works and three of her titles have been translated into other languages including French, German and Finnish. Her work has been praised by ''Time'' magazine.,"Mary McCarthy's world; two fine first novels". (27 March 2000): 97 Background and inspiration McCarthy was part of the growth in contemporary women's Irish fiction which emerged in the 1990s. Other notable authors of this movement include Patricia Scanlan, Maeve Binchy and Cathy Kelly. McCarthy's books were regarded as 'thinking fiction' within the industry, and were a marked departure from the simultaneously flourishing genre of holiday novels, also known as "chick lit". All of her work received favourable reviews from television programmes and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary McCarthy (activist)
Mary Ann Recknall McCarthy (11 August 1866 – 13 October 1933) was a New Zealand teacher, temperance worker and political activist. She was born in Dunedin Dunedin ( ; mi, Ōtepoti) is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand (after Christchurch), and the principal city of the Otago region. Its name comes from , the Scottish Gaelic name for Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Th ..., New Zealand, on 11 August 1866. References 1866 births 1933 deaths Schoolteachers from Dunedin New Zealand women activists New Zealand temperance activists New Zealand Labour Party politicians {{NewZealand-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary McCarthy Gomez Cueto
Mary McCarthy Gomez Cueto (April 27, 1900 – April 3, 2009) was the widow of a wealthy Cuban businessman who died in poverty, unwilling to leave the island and unable to access her funds because of the US embargo on trade with Cuba. After her husband's death in 1951, and following the takeover of the Island under a Communist regime, she had become an anachronism, and ended her life in poverty, bereft of her wealth due to the U.S. embargo, and granted a tiny pension by the Castro government. A victim of political circumstance, she died there at the age of 108, and was buried next to her husband. Early years Mary Conception McCarthy was born in St. John's, Crown Colony of Newfoundland, which became the Dominion of Newfoundland in 1907 when she was seven years old. She was the daughter of a St. John's merchant of Irish descent. Her father Thomas McCarthy's store supplied the local fishing fleets with stores and supplies. As a young student she studied with the Sisters of Mercy, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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