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Frank Delaney (24 October 1942 – 21 February 2017) was an
Irish novelist, journalist and broadcaster. He was the author of ''
The New York Times
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'' best-seller ''Ireland'',
[The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Contributor: Holy Rollers and Papal Perfectas]
/ref> the non-fiction book ''Simple Courage: A True Story of Peril on the Sea'', and many other works of fiction, non-fiction and collections. He was born in Tipperary
Tipperary is the name of:
Places
*County Tipperary, a county in Ireland
**North Tipperary, a former administrative county based in Nenagh
**South Tipperary, a former administrative county based in Clonmel
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, Ireland.[Frank Delaney – Authors – Random House]
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Broadcasting career
Delaney began working as a newsreader for the Irish state radio and television network RTÉ in 1970.[The Savvy Reader]
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in Dublin, and covered an intense period of violence known as
the Troubles
The Troubles ( ga, Na Trioblóidí) were an ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland that lasted about 30 years from the late 1960s to 1998. Also known internationally as the Northern Ireland conflict, it is sometimes described as an " ...
.
After five years of reporting on the violence, he moved to London to work in arts broadcasting. In 1978 he created the weekly ''Bookshelf'' programme for
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC that replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. It broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history from the BBC' ...
, which covered books, writers and the business of publishing. Over the next five-and-a-half years he interviewed over 1,400 authors, including
Anthony Burgess
John Anthony Burgess Wilson, (; 25 February 1917 – 22 November 1993), who published under the name Anthony Burgess, was an English writer and composer.
Although Burgess was primarily a comic writer, his dystopian satire ''A Clockwork ...
,
John Updike,
Margaret Atwood,
Christopher Isherwood and
Stephen King.
On television, Delaney wrote and presented for ''
Omnibus'', the BBC's weekly arts series. He served as the Literature Director of the
Edinburgh Festival
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This is a list of arts and cultural festivals regularly taking place in Edinburgh, Scotland.
The city has become known for its festivals since the establishment in 1947 of the Edinburgh International Festival and the Edinburgh Fe ...
in 1980, and hosted his own talk show ''Frank Delaney'' in the early 1980s, which featured many cultural and literary personalities. Afterward, he created and presented ''
Word of Mouth
Word of mouth, or ''viva voce'', is the passing of information from person to person using oral communication, which could be as simple as telling someone the time of day. Storytelling is a common form of word-of-mouth communication where one pe ...
'', the BBC's radio programme about language, as well as a variety of radio and television documentaries including specials on
James Joyce
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, poet, and literary critic. He contributed to the modernist avant-garde movement and is regarded as one of the most influential and important writers of ...
,
Robert Graves,
Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. His economical and understated style—which he termed the iceberg theory—had a strong influence on 20th-century f ...
in Paris, and the Shakespeare industry. He presented ''The Book Show'' on the
Sky News satellite channel for many years.
Writing career
Delaney's first book, ''James Joyce's Odyssey'' (1981), was well received and became a best-seller in the UK and Ireland. He wrote and presented the six-part documentary series ''
The Celts'' (1987) for the BBC, and wrote the accompanying book. He subsequently wrote five books of non-fiction (including ''Simple Courage''), ten novels (including ''Ireland'', ''Venetia Kelly's Traveling Show'' and ''Tipperary''), one novella, and a number of short stories. He also edited many compilations of essays and poetry.
Delaney wrote the screenplay for an adaptation of ''
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
''Goodbye, Mr. Chips'' is a novella about the life of a school teacher, Mr. Chipping, written by English writer James Hilton and first published by Hodder & Stoughton in October 1934. It has been adapted into two feature films and two televi ...
'' (2002), which starred
Martin Clunes
Alexander Martin Clunes Order of the British Empire, OBE Deputy Lieutenant, DL (born 28 November 1961) is an English actor, comedian, director and television presenter. He is best known for portraying Martin Ellingham in the ITV (TV network), IT ...
and was shown on ITV in Britain, and in the ''
Masterpiece Theatre
''Masterpiece'' (formerly known as ''Masterpiece Theatre'') is a drama anthology television series produced by WGBH Boston. It premiered on Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) on January 10, 1971. The series has presented numerous acclaimed Briti ...
'' series in the United States. His articles were published by newspapers in United States, the UK and Ireland, including on the Op-ed pages of ''
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid d ...
''.
He was a frequent public speaker, and was a contributor and guest on
National Public Radio
National Public Radio (NPR, stylized in all lowercase) is an American privately and state funded nonprofit media organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California. It differs from other ...
(NPR) programmes.
On
Bloomsday
Bloomsday is a commemoration and celebration of the life of Irish writer James Joyce, observed annually in Dublin and elsewhere on 16 June, the day his 1922 novel '' Ulysses'' takes place in 1904, the date of his first sexual encounter with his ...
2010, Delaney launched ''Re:Joyce'', a series of short weekly podcasts that go page-by-page through
James Joyce
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, poet, and literary critic. He contributed to the modernist avant-garde movement and is regarded as one of the most influential and important writers of ...
's ''
Ulysses'', discussing its allusions, historical context and references. These are housed on www.frankdelaney.com.
Delaney lived in Ireland, England and the USA. He was married firstly to Eilish Kelliher, with whom he had three sons, Frank, Bryan and Owen. He subsequently was married to Susan Collier,
Salley Vickers, and Dana Mayor respectively.
Bibliography
Fiction
* ''The Last Storyteller'' (2012, Random House)
* ''The Matchmaker of Kenmare'' (2011, Random House)
* ''Venetia Kelly's Traveling Show'' (2010, Random House)
* ''Shannon, A Novel'' (2009, Random House)
* ''Tipperary, A Novel'' (2007, Random House)
* ''Ireland, A Novel'' (2005, HarperCollins & Time Warner)
* ''At Ruby's'' (2001, HarperCollins)
* ''
Jim Hawkins and the Curse of Treasure Island'' (2001, Orion)
* ''Pearl'' (1999, HarperCollins)
* ''Desire and Pursuit'' (1998, HarperCollins)
* ''A Stranger in their Midst'' (1995, HarperCollins)
* ''Telling the Pictures'' (1994, HarperCollins)
* ''The Sins of the Mothers'' (1992, HarperCollins)
* ''My Dark Rosaleen'' (1989, CenturyHutchinson)
* ''The Amethysts'' (1977, HarperCollins)
Non-fiction
* ''Undead'' (2011, RosettaBooks)
* ''Simple Courage: A True Story of Peril on the Sea'' (2006, Random House)
* ''A Walk to the Western Isles: After Boswell and Johnson'' (1993, HarperCollins)
* ''Legends of the Celts'' (1989, Hodder & Stoughton)
* ''A Walk in the Dark Ages'' (1988, HarperCollins)
* ''The Celts'' (1986, Hodder & Stoughton)
* ''Betjeman Country'' (1983, Hodder & Stoughton)
* ''James Joyce's Odyssey'' (1981, Hodder & Stoughton)
Collections
* ''The Folio Society/Hutchinson Book of Essays'' (1990, Folio Society & CenturyHutchinson)
* ''The Folio Book of Irish Short Stories'' (1999, Folio Society)
* ''The Poems of Christy Brown''
* ''The Landleaguers by Anthony Trollope'' (Folio Society)
* ''Short Stories from the Strand'' (Folio Society)
* ''The Novels of James Kennaway''
* ''The Go-Between by L.P. Hartley'' (Folio Society)
* ''Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson'' (Folio Society)
* ''Caitriona by Robert Louis Stevenson'' (1988, Folio Society)
* ''Silver Apples, Golden Apples; Best Loved Irish Verse'' (1987, Blackstaff Press)
Screenplays
* ''Goodbye, Mr. Chips'' (2003, from the
James Hilton book, directed by Stuart Orme. Aired on ITV in London and Masterpiece Theatre)
* ''Across the River and into the Trees'' (2001, from the
Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. His economical and understated style—which he termed the iceberg theory—had a strong influence on 20th-century f ...
novella, for Working Title Television, London, not produced)
* ''Telling the Pictures'' (1995, from Delaney's own novel, under option with Spikings Entertainment, Los Angeles)
* ''My Dark Rosaleen'' (1993, From Delaney's own novella, endowed by the European Script Fund)
Podcasts
*
Re:Joyce'' weekly podcast on James Joyce's "Ulysses" (2010–2017, planned until 2026,
["ReJoyce" episode 321 – "Bottoms Up!", published May 25, 2016, accessed August 22, 2016] www.frankdelaney.com)
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