Russell, George William

Russell, George William,pseud.A. E.,1867–1935, Irish author, b. Lurgan, educated in Dublin. An active member of the Irish nationalist movement, he edited theIrish Homestead(1904–23) and theIrish Statesman(1923–30). He worked with Sir Horace Plunkett for Irish agricultural improvement, and he was also a talented amateur painter and a renowned conversationalist. Russell was one of the major writers in theIrish literary renaissance. His poems and plays are noted for their mystical tone, their delicate melodious style, and their view of humanity's spiritual nature. Among his works areHomeward: Songs by the Way(1894),的Candle of Vision(1918), andSelected Poems(1935).

See his prose collection的Living Torch(ed. by M. Gibbons, 1937); memoir by J. Eglinton (1937).

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