Eric Cross (writer)
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Eric Cross (1905–1980) was an Irish writer born in Newry, County Down, Ireland.
In 1942, he published The Tailor and Ansty,[1] in The Bell, a collection of stories and sayings from an old country tailor called Timothy Buckley and his wife Anastasia that Cross had recorded, with a foreword by Frank O'Connor.[2] The book was banned by Censorship Board a short time after, during the government of Éamon de Valera.[3] Some neighbours were furious and Buckley was forced by three priests to go on his knees and burn the book in his own fireplace.[2][4]
Silence is Golden, a selection of stories and essays by Eric Cross, appeared in 1978. He died in 1980.
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[edit] References
- ^ Cross, Eric (1964). The Tailor and Ansty. Chapman & Hall.
- ^ a b Lovett, Gerard (2006). "Stitching Up the Tailor". Siochain. http://www.conceptpublications.ie/latest/siochain/Spring06/Stitching_up_Tailor.pdf. Retrieved 2006-08-01.
- ^ "Ireland: culture & religion". The Pursuit of Sovereignty & the Impact of Partition, 1912-1949. http://multitext.ucc.ie/d/Ireland_culture__religion_1912-49. Retrieved 2006-08-01.
- ^ http://www.booksteps.ie/bks/showbk2.php?bookid=4124
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