Patricia Lynch, Storyteller.
Author: YOUNG, Phil.
Publisher: Dublin: Liberties Press, 2005. 200 pages. Illustrated. Hardback.
Patricia Lynch is arguably the finest children’s author Ireland has ever produced. Her many books - including classics such as The Turf-Cutter’s Donkey, with its beautiful illustrations by Jack Yeats - won her legions of fans and continue to appeal to children today for their rich evocation of a more innocent time. Lynch was also involved with the suffragette movement and played a leading role in literary life in both Ireland and Britain. She was on friendly terms with many artists and thinkers of her day, including George Russell, who championed her work, and Maud Gonne, and W. B. Yeats described her reporting on the 1916 Rising as the first account of the insurrection from an Irish perspective.
In this, the first full biography of Patricia Lynch, Phil Young discusses the author’s life and work, shedding light on her relationship with her family and her husband, the socialist writer R. M. Fox, on her dealings with her various publishers, and on the creation of her many books. Above all, Patricia Lynch, Storyteller is a warm portrait of a gifted and complex writer who is a key figure in Irish literary history.
ISBN: 0954533593