29 Facts About Stephen MacKenna

Stephen MacKenna was a journalist, linguist and writer of Irish descent.

Stephen MacKenna impressed with his literary talents, particularly in his personal translations of Virgil's Georgics and Sophocles' Antigone.

Stephen MacKenna passed the Matriculation, but despite his talents he failed to pass the Intermediate: the university entrance examination.

Stephen MacKenna then obtained a job as a reporter for a London newspaper, and in 1896 progressed to a post as Paris correspondent for a Catholic journal.

Stephen MacKenna's service was brief, and he returned first to Paris, then to London, and afterwards went on to Dublin.

Stephen MacKenna then obtained a job as European foreign correspondent with Joseph Pulitzer, reporting from as far afield as Russia and Hungary.

Stephen MacKenna resigned from his job as a correspondent for Pulitzer, but continued to write for the Freeman's Journal, an Irish nationalist paper.

Stephen MacKenna had already begun to acquire the rudiments of the Irish language.

Stephen MacKenna's house in Dublin was a centre of League activity, with enthusiasts meeting there once a week.

Stephen MacKenna was an ardent Irish nationalist and member of the Gaelic League.

Stephen MacKenna imagined a future where Ireland would be completely emancipated from all things English:.

Stephen MacKenna saw the outbreak of war in 1914 as disastrous for all sides and was deeply saddened by the violence.

Stephen MacKenna particularly mourned for his friend and neighbour, Michael O'Rahilly, who was wounded by machine gun fire in Moore Street and left to die over two days.

Marie died in 1923, and Stephen MacKenna moved to England to increase his chances of recovery.

Stephen MacKenna's income was greatly reduced and his last years were spent in a small cottage in Cornwall.

Stephen MacKenna both hoped and expected that there was nothing after death.

In November 1933, Stephen MacKenna entered a hospital for operations to help with his failing health.

Stephen MacKenna was initially expected to recover, but eventually lost the endurance to live.

Stephen MacKenna was true to his word and kept his whereabouts a secret from friends, planning to die alone.

Stephen MacKenna died at Royal Northern Hospital in London on 8 March 1934, aged 62.

Around 1905, while on a trip to St Petersburg, Stephen MacKenna encountered Georg Friedrich Creuzer's Oxford text of Plotinus.

Stephen MacKenna became enamored with Neoplatonic philosophy and desired to translate The Enneads in full.

In 1908, Stephen MacKenna released an initial rendering of the essay on Beauty which drew considerable respect from scholars.

Stephen MacKenna based his translation on Richard Volkmann's 1883 text, occasionally adopting a reading from Friedrich Creuzer's 1835 Oxford text.

Stephen MacKenna compared his version to other language translations, including:.

Stephen MacKenna rewrote sections of the translation, sometimes as many as three or four times.

Stephen MacKenna declined the award because of his distaste for connecting the English and Irish, declining membership to the Royal Irish Academy for similar reasons.

Stephen MacKenna told my friend that he intended to give the winter in Dublin to Plotinus.

Mallarme, don't you know, has written those wonderful prose poems Stephen MacKenna used to read to me in Paris.