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词条 Victor O'D. Power
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Victor O'Donovan Power (? – 1928) was an Irish playwright, novelist and prolific short-story writer.

He was born at Rosbercon, County Kilkenny. His mother was a poet from West Cork, his father was a nationalist. He was educated at Carlow College. He started writing and contributing stories to magazines while still a teen-ager. His best-known creation is the woman of the roads, Kitty the Hare, "the most remarkable person that ever graced the pages of Ireland's Own" (Con Houlihan), who first made her appearance in Our Boys in November 1924.[1] His short stories were reprinted many times in Ireland's Own and Our Boys.[2]

Select works

  • A Secret of the Past (London: Ward & Downey 1893)
  • Bonnie Dunraven: A Story of Kilcarrick (London: Remington 1881)
  • The Heir of Liscarragh (Leamington: Art & Book Co. 1892) - produced in October 1923 at the Abbey Theatre, with Harry O'Donovan and Frank O'Donovan.[3]
  • Tracked (Dublin, 1914)
  • The Footsteps of Fate (Dublin, 1930)
  • Some Strange Experiences of Kitty the Hare - The Famous Travelling Woman of Ireland Mercier Press, Dublin, 1987 {{ISBN|9780853427995}}

References

1. ^Irish Independent
2. ^Victor O'Donovan Power at Ricorso
3. ^Hogan, Burnham: The Years of O'Casey, 1921-1926
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6 : 1928 deaths|People from County Kilkenny|Irish dramatists and playwrights|Irish male dramatists and playwrights|Year of birth missing|Alumni of Carlow College

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