Mervyn Wall
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Mervyn
Wall |
| Born: |
October 23, 1908
Dublin, Ireland |
| Died: |
May 23, 1997 |
| Occupation: |
Writer |
| Nationality: |
Irish |
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Biography
Mervyn Wall is an Irish writer who was born in Dublin. Wall attended Belvedere College and worked as a civil servant 1934-48, for Radio Éireann from 1948-57, and as Secretary of the Arts Council for 1957-75.
Wall published novels, short stories and plays, and wrote for a short-lived literary magazine, Ireland Today.
Wall wrote two humorous fantasy novels, The Unfortunate Fursey and The Return of Fursey, about the misadventures of a monk in Dark Ages Ireland.
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