As per our current Database, Maeve Brennan has been died on Dec 1, 1993 (age 76).
When Maeve Brennan die, Maeve Brennan was 76 years old.
| Popular As | Maeve Brennan |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Age | 76 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Capricorn |
| Born | January 6, 1917 (Ireland) |
| Birthday | January 6 |
| Town/City | Ireland |
| Nationality | Ireland |
Maeve Brennan’s zodiac sign is Capricorn. According to astrologers, Capricorn is a sign that represents time and responsibility, and its representatives are traditional and often very serious by nature. These individuals possess an inner state of independence that enables significant progress both in their personal and professional lives. They are masters of self-control and have the ability to lead the way, make solid and realistic plans, and manage many people who work for them at any time. They will learn from their mistakes and get to the top based solely on their experience and expertise.
Maeve Brennan was born in the Year of the Snake. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Snake are seductive, gregarious, introverted, generous, charming, good with money, analytical, insecure, jealous, slightly dangerous, smart, they rely on gut feelings, are hard-working and intelligent. Compatible with Rooster or Ox.
Remembered for her essays and short stories for The New Yorker, she penned numerous pieces that were later compiled in collections such as The Long-Winded Lady: Notes from the New Yorker (1969) and The Springs of Affection: Stories of Dublin (1997). Her sole novella, The Visitor, was published several years after her death.
After earning an English degree from American University, she began her journalism career with a copywriting position at Harper's Bazaar in New York City.
In Brennan's honor, Edward Albee named a character in his play Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung the "Long-Winded Lady."
The daughter of political Activists Una and Robert Brennan, she spent her youth in Dublin, Ireland, and relocated to Washington, D.C. in her late teens upon her father's appointment as the Minister to the United States from the Irish Free State. Following a relationship with theatre Director Walter Kerr, she married The New Yorker's Editor St. Clair McKelway.
She was a cousin of fellow Writer Roddy Doyle and is referenced in his book Rory and Ita.
