Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th BaronDunsany (24 July 1878–25 October 1957) was an Irish writer and dramatist notable for his work in fantasy and horror.
EdwardPlunkett was the son of John William Plunkett, 17th BaronDunsany (1853–1899) and his wife Ernle Elizabeth Ernle-Erle Drax, née Grosvenor.
The Countess of Fingall, wife of Dunsany's cousin the Earl of Fingall, wrote a best-selling account of the life of the aristocracy in Ireland in the late 19th century and early 20th century, called Seventy Years Young.
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One of Lord Dunsany's ancestors was the Roman Catholic Saint Oliver Plunkett[?], the martyred Archbishop of Armagh.
The Countess of Fingall, wife of Dunsany's cousin, the Earl of Fingall[?], wrote a best-selling account of the life of the aristrocracy in Ireland in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century, called Seventy Years Young.
Edward was born on July 24, 1878 to John William Plunkett, 17th Baron of Dunsany (1853 - 1899) and his wife Ernle Grosvenor.
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Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th BaronDunsany (July 24, 1878–October 25, 1957) was an Irish writer and dramatist.
Lord Dunsany is notable as a fantasy and horror writer.
EdwardPlunkett was the son of John William Plunkett, 17th BaronDunsany (1853–1899) and his wife Ernle Grosvenor.
H._P._Lovecraft was greatly impressed by Dunsany after seeing him on a speaking tour of the United States, and Lovecraft's early stories clearly show his influence.
The gnomes "sinfully brew" this wine and "keep it wisely from man, until the bargain that character had with their elders all through that autumn night" (as a result of which he got one bottle).
Dunsany, Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron.
Often dealing with the fantastic and the supernatural, his works are frequently set in wholly imaginary worlds and involve myths and legends of his own making.
Lord Dunsanys plays include The Glittering Gate (1909), The Gods of the Mountain (1911), The Golden Doom (1912), and the one-act play A Night at an Inn (1916).
EdwardPlunkett, who became the eighteenth BaronDunsany in 1899, was born in London on 24 July1878.
Dunsany felt that Lady Gregory had plagiarised Argimenes in The Deliverer staged a week earlier, and Oliver St John Gogarty reckoned that Yeats envied Dunsany's title.
Dunsany's reputation was further enhanced by The Book of Wonder (1912), largely inspired by Sime drawings, and several short plays became popular, especially in America.
Murray Fletcher Pratt (1897â1956) was a science fiction and fantasy writer; he was also well-known as a writer on naval history and on the American Civil War.
The Barony of Dunsany was created in the Peerage of Ireland in 1439.
ritish peer, Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett was the 18th BaronDunsany, whose family seat is in County Meath, northwest of Dublin.
An excellent chess player, Lord Dunsany was the Irish champion and held the great Capablanca to a draw in a simultaneous exhibition in London; his "Three Sailors' Gambit" is considered one of the best chess stories written.
Dunsany's letters, written in flowing cursive with a quill pen, are reproduced throughout the text.
EdwardPlunkett was an Irish dramatist and storyteller whose many popular works combined imaginative power with intellectual ingenuity to create a credible world of fantasy.
Expelled in December 1332, he was restored in 133356, having acknowledged Edward III of England as his lord.
Football star Jim Plunkett was born on Dec. 5, 1947, in San Jose, Calif. As quarterback for Stanford University, Plunkett won the coveted Heisman Trophy in 1970, and he played for Stanford in the 1971 Rose Bowl.
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Dunsany, Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron[dunsan´E, sA] Pronunciation Key, 18781957, English author.
Lord Dunsany's plays, often dealing with the fantastic and supernatural, include The Gods of the Mountain (1911), The Golden Doom (1912), and the one-act play A Night at an Inn (1916).
Most fantasy enthusiasts consider Lord Dunsany one of the most significant forces in modern fantasy." Time and the Gods" is Dunsany at his peak of his talent.
Lord Dunsany was one of the most influential writers of fantasy fiction in 20th century.
An Irish nationalist and poet, Ledwidge was the protege of Lord Dunsany, to whom he sent a volume of his poetry in 1911.
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He was the author of a series of stories, beginning with The Travel Tales of Mr Joseph Jorkens 1931, which employed the convention of a narrator (Jorkens) sitting in a club or bar.
Dunsany was born in London and educated at Sandhurst military college.
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When late in the 18th century Edward Jenner, a young physician, startled the medical profession by claiming that people who had had cowpox would not get smallpox, his theory was scorned.
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Enormously popular in the early years of the century, Dunsany's work fell out of favor as modernism claimed literary taste in the years following World War I. Bibliography: See his selected tales in In the Land of Time (2004); biography by M. Amory (1972).
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The Countess of Fingall, wife of Dunsany's cousin, the Earl of Fingall, wrote a best-selling account of the life of the aristrocracy in Ireland in the late 19th century and early 20th century, called Seventy Years Young'.
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