Daniel Cassidy
Daniel Cassidy (1943 Brooklyn - October 11, 2008) was an American writer, filmmaker and academic.[1]
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Life [edit]
He was the son of a Navy chief petty officer. He graduated from New York Military Academy on a full scholarship, and from Cornell University.
He worked for the New York Times as a news assistant. He was a professional musician, starting as a reed player, and cutting an album as a singer and composer. He played Carnegie Hall, the Civic Auditorium, and The Tonight Show - performing with comedian George Carlin,[2] Kenny Rankin, and Lilly Tomlin.
He married Clare McIntyre, in 1983. In 1995, he founded and co-directed the Irish Studies program at New College of California.[citation needed]
His work appeared in the New York Times, The San Francisco Chronicle,[3] the New York Observer and the Atlantic Monthly.
He died of pancreatic cancer at his home in San Francisco.[4]
Awards [edit]
- 2007 American Book Award
Works [edit]
Books [edit]
- How the Irish Invented Slang: The Secret Language of the Crossroads. CounterPunch Books and AK Press. July 2007. ISBN 978-1-904859-60-4.
Documentary Films [edit]
- "Civil Rights and Civil Wrongs" nominated in 1996 for an Emmy Award.
- "Uncensored Voices,"
Reviews [edit]
Cassidy’s book is one of those eureka moments that leap beyond the ordinary to give us a new understanding of the subject at hand.[5]
So utterly, completely stupid, only a total nincompoop like Cassidy could have come up with it.[6]
References [edit]
- ^ Jim Doyle (October 15, 2008). "How The Irish Invented Slang author dead at 65". The San Francisco Chronicle.
- ^ http://www.irishartscenter.org/music_archive.html
- ^ Cassidy, Daniel (July 29, 1998). "Churches of Fire in Ireland and the South". The San Francisco Chronicle.
- ^ Jim Doyle (October 15, 2008). "How The Irish Invented Slang author dead at 65". The San Francisco Chronicle.
- ^ "Daniel Cassidy: There’s a Sách úr Born Every Minute", Best American Poetry, Terence Winch, July 07, 2009
- ^ http://cassidyslangscam.wordpress.com/2013/04/18/block/
External links [edit]
- "Humdinger of a Project: Tracing Slang to Ireland", The New York Times, COREY KILGANNON, November 8, 2007
- "Humdinger of a Bad Irish Scholar", The Lexicographer's Rules, Grant Barrett, November 09, 2007
- "Farewell To Daniel Cassidy", AK Press blog, Alexander Cockburn, October 15, 2008
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