Seán Proinsias Ó Faoláin (22 February 1900– 20 April 1991) was an Irish short story writer. He was elected Saoi of Aosdána in 1986.
Born as John Francis Whelan in Cork City, County Cork, Ireland, Sean Ó Faoláin wrote his first stories in the 1920s. Through 90 stories, written over a period of 60 years, Ó Faoláin charts the development of modern Ireland. His Collected Stories were published in 1983, eight years before his death on 20 April 1991, in Dublin.
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