George Moore (novelist)
George Augustus Moore (24 February 1852 – 21 January 1933) was an Irish novelist, short-story writer, poet, art critic, memoirist and dramatist. Moore came from a Roman Catholic landed family who lived at Moore Hall in Carra, County Mayo. He originally wanted to be a painter, and studied art in Paris during the 1870s. There, he befriended many of the leading French artists and writers of the day.
George Moore | |
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George Moore by Edouard Manet, 1879 | |
| Born | George Augustus Moore 24 February 1852 Moore Hall, County Mayo, Ireland |
| Died | 21 January 1933 (aged 80) London, England |
| Resting place | Castle Island, County Mayo, Ireland |
| Occupation | short-story writer, poet, art critic, memoirist and dramatist |
| Language | English |
| Alma mater | National Art Training School |
| Period | 1878–1933 |
| Literary movement | Celtic Revival |
| Notable works | Confessions of a Young Man, Esther Waters |
| Relatives | John Moore (granduncle) Maurice George Moore |
As a naturalistic writer, he was amongst the first English-language authors to absorb the lessons of the French realists, and was particularly influenced by the works of Émile Zola. His writings influenced James Joyce, according to the literary critic and biographer Richard Ellmann, and, although Moore's work is sometimes seen as outside the mainstream of both Irish and British literature, he is as often regarded as the first great modern Irish novelist.