Frank McGuinness

This article is about the Irish playwright. For the Australian journalist and newspaper editor, see Frank McGuinness (journalist).

Frank McGuinness
Born (1953-07-29) 29 July 1953 (age 71)
Buncrana, County Donegal, Ireland
OccupationPlaywright, poet, translator
GenreDrama, Poetry
Notable worksThe Factory Girls,
Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme,
Someone Who'll Watch Over Me,
Dolly West's Kitchen

Professor Frank McGuinness[1][2] (born 1953) is an Irish writer. As well as his own plays, which include The Factory Girls, Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme, Someone Who'll Watch Over Me and Dolly West's Kitchen, he is recognised for a "strong record of adapting literary classics, having translated the plays of Racine, Sophocles, Ibsen, Garcia Lorca, and Strindberg to critical acclaim".[3] He has also published six collections of poetry, and two novels. McGuinness was Professor of Creative Writing at University College Dublin (UCD) from 2007 to 2018.[4]

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  2. ^ "Bloomsday Centenary Public Lecture Series" Archived 23 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine. UCD. Retrieved on 3 June 2004.
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  4. ^ Frank McGuinness: From Creativity to Legacy. Dublin: UCD. 2019. ISBN 9781910963364.