Fintan O'Toole

Fintan O'Toole
O'Toole in 2010
O'Toole in 2010
Born (1958-02-16) 16 February 1958 (age 66)
Dublin, Ireland
OccupationJournalist, writer, critic
Alma materUniversity College Dublin

Fintan O'Toole (born 16 February 1958) is an Irish journalist, literary editor, and drama critic for The Irish Times, for which he has written since 1988.[1] O'Toole was drama critic for the New York Daily News from 1997 to 2001 and is Advising Editor and a regular contributor to The New York Review of Books. He is also an author, literary critic, historical writer and political commentator.

In 2011, O'Toole was named by The Observer as one of "Britain's top 300 intellectuals", despite not being British nor living in the United Kingdom.[2] In 2012 and 2013, O'Toole was a visiting lecturer in Irish letters at Princeton University and contributed to the Fund for Irish Studies Series.[3][4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference personally was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Naughton, John. "Britain's top 300 intellectuals". 8 May 2011. The Observer.
  3. ^ "Fintan O'Toole, Lewis Center for the Arts". Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  4. ^ "Theater critic O'Toole to give Robert Fagles Memorial Lecture". Princeton.edu News. 2 April 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2012.