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{{Image|Fionavar.jpg|right|300px|The cover of a first edition of Ella Young's collection of poems, ''The Weird of Fionavar'', published in 1922 by the Talbot Press, Dublin}} | {{Image|Fionavar.jpg|right|300px|The cover of a first edition of Ella Young's collection of poems, ''The Weird of Fionavar'', published in 1922 by the Talbot Press, Dublin}} | ||
'''Ella Young''' (1867-1956) was an | '''Ella Young''' (1867-1956) was an Irish poet, political activist, and mystic. Born in County Antrim, she grew up in [[Dublin]] and attended the Royal University. Her interest in Theosophy led her to become an early member of the Hermetic Society, and her acquaintance with "Æ" (George William Russell) led to her becoming one of his select group of protegés, known as the "singing birds." Her nationalist sentiments also led her to a friendship with [[Padraig Pearse]], and she had a supporting role in the [[Easter Rising]]; as a member of [[Cumann na mBan]], she smuggled rifles and other supplies in support of Republican forces. | ||
Young's first volume of verse, titled simply ''Poems'', was published in 1906. She became friends with [[William Butler Yeats|Yeats]]'s erstwhile flame [[Maud Gonne]], and Gonne illustrated Young's first book of stories, ''Celtic Wonder Tales'' (1910). Although she continued to write poetry, it was for her redactions of traditional Irish legends that she became best known; among her later books were ''The Wonder Smith'', ''The Tangle-Coated Horse'', and ''The Unicorn with Silver Shoes''. | Young's first volume of verse, titled simply ''Poems'', was published in 1906. She became friends with [[William Butler Yeats|Yeats]]'s erstwhile flame [[Maud Gonne]], and Gonne illustrated Young's first book of stories, ''Celtic Wonder Tales'' (1910). Although she continued to write poetry, it was for her redactions of traditional Irish legends that she became best known; among her later books were ''The Wonder Smith'', ''The Tangle-Coated Horse'', and ''The Unicorn with Silver Shoes''. | ||
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* Text of Celtic Wonder Tales at sacred-texts.com | * Text of Celtic Wonder Tales at sacred-texts.com | ||
* The [http://www.dunescollaborative.org/EllaAudio.html Dunes Collective] has extensive online audio interviews about Ella Young, including conversations with Ansel Adams. | * The [http://www.dunescollaborative.org/EllaAudio.html Dunes Collective] has extensive online audio interviews about Ella Young, including conversations with Ansel Adams.[[Category:Suggestion Bot Tag]] | ||
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Ella Young (1867-1956) was an Irish poet, political activist, and mystic. Born in County Antrim, she grew up in Dublin and attended the Royal University. Her interest in Theosophy led her to become an early member of the Hermetic Society, and her acquaintance with "Æ" (George William Russell) led to her becoming one of his select group of protegés, known as the "singing birds." Her nationalist sentiments also led her to a friendship with Padraig Pearse, and she had a supporting role in the Easter Rising; as a member of Cumann na mBan, she smuggled rifles and other supplies in support of Republican forces.
Young's first volume of verse, titled simply Poems, was published in 1906. She became friends with Yeats's erstwhile flame Maud Gonne, and Gonne illustrated Young's first book of stories, Celtic Wonder Tales (1910). Although she continued to write poetry, it was for her redactions of traditional Irish legends that she became best known; among her later books were The Wonder Smith, The Tangle-Coated Horse, and The Unicorn with Silver Shoes.
Later in life, Young emigrated to the United States, where for ten years she was a Lecturer in Celtic Mythology at the University of California, Berkeley. After this position ended, she spent some years at a Theosophical colony known as Halycon, near San Luis Obispo, where her eclectic circle of friends included Ansel Adams, who made a portrait of her. Her later writings grew increasingly mystical, and she found particular affinity in the California Redwoods. On her death in 1956, she left the bulk of her estate to the Save the Redwoods League.
References
- Last Will and Testament of Ella Young, registry # 8660, County Clerk's Office, County of San Luis Obispo [1956]
- George Brandon Saul, "A Stone Against Oblivion: On the Prose of Ella Young," Arizona Quarterly, Fall 1954, p. 28
- W.W. Lyman, "Ella Young: A Memoir", Eire-Ireland, Autumn 1973
External links
- Text of Celtic Wonder Tales at sacred-texts.com
- The Dunes Collective has extensive online audio interviews about Ella Young, including conversations with Ansel Adams.