Padraic Colum(1881-1972)
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Author and poet, educated in public schools and at Columbia University
and Trinity College (Dublin). He came to the USA in 1914, and was a
member of the Academy of Irish Letters, the National Institute of Arts
and Letters, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He authored
the poems "Wild Earth", "The Story of Lowry Maen", and "Creatures", and
the plays "The King of Ireland's Son", "The Adventures of Odysseus",
"Tale of Troy", and "Balloon", and the essay "A Half-Day's Ride". His
autobiography is "Vive Moi". He received both the Gregory Medal and the
Regina Medal, and awards from the Academy of American Poets, the
Academy of Irish Letters, the Boston Arts Festival, and the Catholic
Library Association. Joining ASCAP in 1950, he authored the following
poems set to music: "O Men from the Field", "An Old Woman of the
Roads", "Songs from Connacht", "Wild Earth", "Creatures", and "Old
Pastures".
