Podcasts about eileen o'shaughnessy

Really Interesting Women - Podcast Revisited on 'Throwback Thursday'Anna Funder Ep. 105.   Anna Funder is one of Australia's most acclaimed and awarded writers and an international success. One of her books is currently being made into a film with a Hollywood household name as its protagonist.  ...and she dreamed of being a writer since she was a child. Anna spent her early childhood in Paris where her father was working. First day at primary school was a little tricky. Didn't understand what anyone was saying. She subsequently learnt to read and write in 2 languages. And from that moment, words were her obsession.  She started her working life as a lawyer and gave up what she called “probably the best lawyer job in Australia”, working in the Attorney General's department on treaty negotiations and international law. But she didn't feel like it was her ‘real life'. She made a life changing decision to move to Berlin and become a writer. The full story can be heard on the podcast including, while promoting her book ‘Stasiland', going on a public stage in Germany where the first 2 rows were occupied by ex-Stasi, all taking notes! That 2003 book Stasiland won, amongst many other things, the Samuel Johnson Prize which is for the best non-fiction writing in the English language (!!). Actor Tom Hanks described it as 'fascinating, entertaining, hilarious, horrifying and very important.'  Her 2012 novel, All That I Am, won a myriad of awards including the very prestigious Miles Franklin Award.  In her recently released book, Wifedom, Anna uncovers George Orwell's ‘forgotten' wife Eileen O'Shaughnessy, and rewrites her into history. Geraldine Brooks described the book as, 'Simply, a masterpiece'. Her books are important because of the truths they reveal. They are beautifully researched and exquisitely told.  Have a listen to this fascinating conversation. Head to the link in my bio or copy and paste this link into your browser: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/really-interesting-women/id1526764849?i=1000619409426 Visit instagram @reallyinterestingwomen for further interviews and posts of interesting women in history.Visit instagram @reallyinterestingwomen for further interviews and posts of interesting women in history. Follow the link to leave a review....and tell your friendshttps://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/really-interesting-women/id1526764849If you know of a potential guest or interesting woman in history, email me atreallyinterestingwomen@gmail.com

Wifedom: Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life sheds new light on how George Orwell's wife Eileen O'Shaughnessy helped write some of his most famous works. The author, Anna Funder, speaks to Jane Lee about what the Orwells' marriage can teach us about power, wives and the patriarchy

In Brave New World Order Ep4 Mockingbird Pt1, we showed that George Orwell was a British Intelligence operative who worked for the Information Research Department [IRD]. Ep5 continues in the same vein showing that Orwell was surrounded by other operatives and live intelligence operations throughout his life.After he died [if he died] his two famous books Animal Farm & 1984 were sold to and used by the CIA & IRD to push the agendas of the time. These two iconic books are still used today around the world in schools to trap the minds of children and adults alike. In Ep5 we go into detail about his two wives. Orwell's first wife Eileen O'Shaughnessy worked for the Censorship Department of the Ministry of Information, and his second wife Sonia Brownell also worked with the IRD and sold the rights of 1984 to the CIA. We show some of his two wives' connections to the intelligence community and we also go off on a few interesting tangents too.Presented by Dom & ChrisResearch - Dom SheepArt - Chris Production & Editing - Dom Additional Research - Chris & LorraineMusic Piano Composition: Now the Silence Artist: Juan Sánchez Sheep Farm Theme Song - Written and Performed by Seb WSpecial Thanks to Keith O'Sullivan for his kind permission to use: Keith O'Sullivan - Shiva Shaker -1960's Psychedelic India/Hippie Rock Keith O' Sullivan Composer YouTube Channel

George Orwell – the author of classics like 1984 – is a household name. But have you heard of his first wife, Eileen O'Shaughnessy, who convinced her husband to write the political fable which evolved into Animal Farm? Despite being vital in Orwell's career, she has been omitted from the historical narrative by both her husband and his biographers since. Speaking to Lauren Good, Anna Funder reveals O'Shaughnessy's hidden life – and considers how women through the past have facilitated the success of their husbands from the shadows. (Ad) Anna Funder is the author of Wifedom: Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life (Viking, 2023). Buy it now from Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wifedom-Mrs-Orwells-Invisible-Life/dp/0241482720/?tag=bbchistory045-21&ascsubtag=historyextra-social-histboty The HistoryExtra podcast is produced by the team behind BBC History Magazine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week, James Marcus goes partying with Susan Sontag and George Steiner; and Laura Beers sheds a light on Eileen O'Shaughnessy, George Orwell's first wife.'Maestros and monsters: Days and nights with Susan Sontag and GeorgeSteiner', by Robert Boyers'Wifedom: Mrs Orwell's invisible life', by Anna FunderProduced by Charlotte Pardy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When Anna Funder returned to the work of her literary hero George Orwell looking for escape and inspiration, re-reading his books and biographies, Anna Funder uncovered his forgotten wife – and it's a revelation. Eileen O'Shaughnessy's literary brilliance shaped Orwell's work and her practical nous saved his life. But why – and how – was she absent from the story? Using newly discovered letters from Eileen to her best friend, Funder recreates the Orwells' marriage, through the Spanish Civil War and WW II in London. As she rolls up the screen concealing Orwell's private life she is led to question what it takes to be a writer – and what it is to be a wife.In this episode Gregory Dobbs chats to Anna Funder about writing a 'counter-fiction' to those presented by George Orwell's earlier biographers and their 'fiction of omission' and why Orwell the artist and Orwell the man may be entirely different.

When Anna Funder returned to the work of her literary hero George Orwell looking for escape and inspiration, re-reading his books and biographies, Anna Funder uncovered his forgotten wife – and it's a revelation. Eileen O'Shaughnessy's literary brilliance shaped Orwell's work and her practical nous saved his life. But why – and how – was she absent from the story? Using newly discovered letters from Eileen to her best friend, Funder recreates the Orwells' marriage, through the Spanish Civil War and WW II in London. As she rolls up the screen concealing Orwell's private life she is led to question what it takes to be a writer – and what it is to be a wife. In this episode Gregory Dobbs chats to Anna Funder about writing a 'counter-fiction' to those presented by George Orwell's earlier biographers and their 'fiction of omission' and why Orwell the artist and Orwell the man may be entirely different.

Anna Funder has already garnered international praise for her non fiction (Stasiland) and fiction (All That I Am)   In Wifedom, she does something new and bold, creating a hybrid of genres that brings together biography, memoir, fiction and feminist critique in what she calls ‘an intervention' that examines how George Orwell's first wife, Eileen O'Shaughnessy came to be erased from the many biographies of her husband.   Though very much a crucial partner and collaborator in his political activism against the fascists in Spain as well as in his writing, few traces of Eileen are to be found.   Funder, an avowed Orwell admirer, brings O'Shaughnessy out from the shadows and portrays her as a sharp, resourceful and calm partner under pressure, who is also an intellectual match for her husband. Funder questions the silence that has enveloped O'Shaughnessy for too long: is it deliberate, or simply the symptom of general oversight explained by the sexism of the times?   At times furious and at times funny, this is biography at its most creative and thought-provoking, forcing the reader to re-assess the reputation of one of the most admired writers of his time. Wifedom is a game changer.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Anna Funder's Wifedom: Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life is, ostensibly, a biography of Eileen Blair, nee Eileen O'Shaughnessy, aka the first Mrs George Orwell. And indeed, Anna tells Eileen's story beautifully, using Eileen's own words from letters to friends and to her husband, with added judicious fiction, as she imagines scenes from the Orwells' lives, and from Eileen's life. Turns out, Eileen played a vital role in Orwell's writing and in his life (in actually saving his life – and indeed in keeping alive many others during the Spanish Civil War) and yet she's mostly absent from Orwell's own writing and from his biographies, which are all written by men.And so, as well as shining a light on one woman's hitherto hidden life, Wifedom is also a polemic against the patriarchy and an examination of what it meant and means to be a wife. In this Chops, Mick chats to Anna about all of this, about wife-ing, about Eileen, about Orwell, and, not unrelated to that last name, a lot about arseholes. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/standardissuespodcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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On this episode, we were joined by Anna Funder, acclaimed author of "Stasiland', to discuss her new book 'Wifedom,' which invites us into the mind of George Orwell's first wife Eileen O'Shaughnessy, who's talent, creative intelligence, and fascinating personal history were essential to the creation of 'Animal Farm' and '1984' – all without credit in Orwell's previous biographies. In addition to discussing the marriage of Eileen and George Orwell, Anna also touches upon her own marriage; the difficulties of juggling the competing responsbilities of being a writer, mother, and wife, and the inevitable compromises that women make as a consequence of social structures which govern our society. This episode was hosted by Ryan and his wife, Emily Rushton, a teacher and Doctoral Researcher at the University of Cambridge, who was finally given a public forum to take the piss out of her husband. Warning: The following conversation includes discussions around sexual violence. This may be distressing for some listeners.

Beth Golay talks with Anna Funder about Eileen O'Shaughnessy's influence on George Orwell, how women have been written out of history, and more.

EPISODE 1676: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Anna Funder, author of WIFEDOM, about George Orwell's "invisible wife" Eileen O'Shaughnessy, Orwell's homosexuality, and patriarchy as doublethink ANNA FUNDER is the author of Stasiland and All That I Am, and the novella The Girl with the Dogs. Stasiland, hailed as a ‘classic', tells true stories of ordinary people who heroically resisted the communist dictatorship of East Germany, and of others who worked for the Stasi. In 2004 Stasiland won the UK's premier award for non-fiction, the Samuel Johnson Prize, and was a finalist for many other awards. Anna's novel All That I Am is an homage to four German anti-Hitler activists living bravely but precariously in exile in London in the 1930s. All That I Am won many literary awards including Australia's most prestigious, the Miles Franklin Prize, and was a finalist for the International IMPAC Dublin Award and the Commonwealth Writers Prize. It spent over a year on the bestseller lists, was BBC Book of the Week and Book at Bedtime, and The Times Book of the Month. Both books are international bestsellers, published in over twenty-four countries. Originally trained as an international human rights lawyer, Anna is a former DAAD Fellow in Berlin, Australia Council Fellow, and Rockefeller Foundation Fellow. She has lived in Paris, Berlin, and Brooklyn, and now lives in Sydney, Australia. Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In a discussion with Anna Funder, Philip Clark talks about the re-discovery of Eileen O'Shaughnessy and putting pen to paper to write the inspirational book Wifedom. 

Anna Funder talks to Neil about the life of George Orwell's wife Eileen O'Shaughnessy in her new book Wifedom. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Anna Funder on unearthing the story of the talented and determined Eileen O'Shaughnessy, George Orwell's first wife

All That I Am and Stasiland author Anna Funder's new book Wifedom rewrites the life of her literary hero George Orwell to put a main character back in the story. Blending forensic research, fiction, life writing and criticism, Funder reveals the importance of his wife Eileen O'Shaughnessy. Eileen's financial and practical support allowed him to write, and her own literary talent shaped his work, including Animal Farm. Written over six years, the idea for Wifedom came after the discovery of six letters in 2015 from O'Shaughnessy to a friend, their contents contrary to all the biographies written on Orwell.

Anna Funder talks to Cheryl Akle about what it means to be a wife, feminism, and how George Orwell's wife, Eileen O'Shaughnessy, inspired her latest book, Wifedom. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Discover a breathtakingly intimate view of one of the most important literary marriages of the twentieth century with Anna Funder in her new book, Wifedom, about George Orwell's forgotten wife: Eileen O'Shaughnessy.

Anna Funder has a habit of writing about humans in extremis: under the Stasi, then the Nazis, and now, she's taken on the patriarchy in her new book Wifedom: Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life. It's an act of resurrection for Eileen O'Shaughnessy, the brilliant woman who married George Orwell, contributed to his work and was erased from his story. Reading list: Wifedom: Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life, Anna Funder, 2023 All That I Am, Anna Funder, 2011 Stasiland, Anna Funder, 2003 Burmese Days, George Orwell, 1934 Animal Farm, George Orwell, 1945 1984, George Orwell, 1949 Anam, André Dao, 2023 Restless Dolly Maunder, Kate Grenville, 2023 Socials: Stay in touch with Read This on Instagram and Twitter Guest: Anna Funder

A new Australian book is shedding new light on how George Orwell's wife Eileen O'Shaughnessy helped write some of his most famous works. The author of Wifedom: Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life, Anna Funder, speaks with Jane Lee about what their marriage can teach us about power, wives and the patriarchy

On Sunday the 30th of November 1997, Galway woman Eileen O'Shaughnessy was murdered while carrying out her job as a taxi driver in the city. Eileen's killer has never been found and her family still hope for answers.Find us on:Instagram: thequietonespodcastTwitter: thequietonespodGmail: thequiet1spodcastSources: https://www.garda.ie/en/crime-prevention/crimecall-on-rte/crimecall-episodes/2017/november-20/murder-of-eileen-costello-o%E2%80%99shaughnessy-on-the-30-11-97.html http://claregalway.info/nuacht/news/2017/12/new-leads-20-year-old-murder/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7Hg2mzVRmQ&t=859s https://connachttribune.ie/potential-new-leads-20-year-old-murder-investigation-020/?fbclid=IwAR0VdVz7guFuHg9Q_o0nL3MuZE9JhuLsHDBR8eAeIIVxLoBLcPBMraeD9vc