[Image of: RSS Feed Icon] Toggle page view between regular and printer-friendly

Person Detail: Padraic Colum

Is this YOU? Click here to request an update to your information.

General Information:
Full Name: Padraic Colum
Biography:
(1881-1972) Poet, editor, children's writer, folklorist, playwright. Padraic Colum was born in Columbkille, County Longford, Ireland, and died in Enfield, Connecticut. He moved to New York City in 1914 and lived for a time in Patchin Place, Manhattan, New York.
Author's Timeline:
1881 (Unknown) County
Padraic Colum was born Patrick Collumb in Columbkille, County Longford, Ireland, on December 8, 1881. 
1972 (Unknown) County
Padraic Colum died in Enfield, Connecticut, on January 11, 1972. 
1972 (Unknown) County
Padraic Colum was interred at Saint Fintan's Cemetery, Sutton, County Dublin, Ireland. 
1902 (Unknown) County
The Saxon Shillin'
Play. 
1905 (Unknown) County
The Land
Play. 
1911 (Unknown) County
Thomas Muskerry
(Pub: Maunsel ISBN: )
Play. 
1916 (Unknown) County
The King Of Ireland's Son
(Pub: Henry Holt and Company ISBN: )
Children's book. 
1924 (Unknown) County
At The Gateways of the Day
(Pub: Published for the Hawaiian Legend & Folklore Commission, by the Yale University Press ISBN: )
Folklore. 
1925 (Unknown) County
The Bright Islands
(Pub: Yale University Press ISBN: )
Folklore. 
1945 New York County
Mr. Colum began teaching at Columbia University. 
1916 (Unknown) County
Wild Earth
(Pub: Henry Holt and Company ISBN: )
Collection of poetry. 
1922 (Unknown) County
Dramatic Legends and Other Poems
(Pub: Macmillan Company ISBN: )
Collection of poetry. 
1953 (Unknown) County
Collected Poems
(Pub: Devin-Adair ISBN: )
Collection of poetry. 
1961 (Unknown) County
Irish Elegies
(Pub: Dolmen Press; Second Edition ISBN: )
Collection of poetry. 
? New York County
Mr. Colum lived for a time in Patchin Place in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York. 
Featured Events
Thursday, June 29
Poetry reading with Susan Lewis and Sharon Mesmer
New York, NY
5:30 PM   |   View Details »
Thursday, July 6
Literary Fiction Think Tank Writing Workshops
10018, NY
2:00 PM   |   View Details »
Wednesday, July 12
An Evening with Idra Novey & Alex Mar
Sleepy Hollow, NY
7:30 PM   |   View Details »

Browse the NY Literary Events Calendar »
Browse the NY Special Events Calendar »
Browse National Recurring Events »

Explore New York
Albany Allegany Broome Cattaraugus Cayuga Chautauqua Chemung Chenango Clinton Columbia Cortland Delaware Dutchess Erie Essex Essex Franklin Fulton Genesee Greene Hamilton Herkimer Jefferson Lewis Livingston Madison Monroe Montgomery Nassau Niagara Oneida Onondaga Ontario Orange Orleans Oswego Otsego Otsego Putnam Rensselaer Rockland St. Lawrence Saratoga Schenectady Schoharie Schuyler Seneca Steuben Suffolk Sullivan Tioga Tompkins Ulster Warren Washington Wayne Westchester Wyoming Yates See NYC Lit Map Bishop, Elizabeth Cornplanter, Jesse Melville, Herman Clemens (Mark Twain), Samuel Cooper, James Fenimore Gardner, John Barnes, Djuna Harte, Francis Brett Douglass, Frederick Whitman, Walt Paine, Thomas Nabokov, Vladimir Millay, Edna St. Vincent Ali, Agha Shahid View NYC Lit Map Go to home page View NYSCA website
CLOSE
Bronx County New York County (Manhattan) Queens County Kings County (Brooklyn) Richmond County (Staten Island) Poe, Edgar Allan Kubrick, Stanley Hart, Moss Moore, Marianne Craig Kang, Younghill Stein, Gertrude Corso, Gregory Da Ponte, Lorenzo de Burgos, Julia Singer, Isaac Bashevis Hansberry, Lorraine Parker, Dorothy McCarthy, Mary Schomburg, Arthur A. Baldwin, James Cather, Willa Sibert View NYS Lit Map Go to home page View NYSCA website
CLOSE
[Please Wait Spinner] Please Wait...