As Edward J. O'Brien, he created a series of annual anthologies containing his selection of the previous year's best short stories by U.S. authors, The Best American Short Stories (originally The Best Short Stories of 1915, and so on). In that he was succeeded by Martha Foley, who continued the work until her own death in 1977 without a great change in format.
He went to live in Europe in 1919. He married his first wife, English writer Romer Wilson, in 1923. Two years after her death in 1932, he married German writer Ruth Gorgel, who survived him.
edward, joseph, harrington, brien, 1890, 1941, writer, poet, editor, anthologist, born, 1890, december, 1890boston, massachusettsdiedfebruary, 1941, 1941, aged, gerrards, cross, englandnationalityamericanalma, materharvard, university, year, occupation, short,. Edward Joseph Harrington O Brien 1890 1941 was a U S writer poet editor and anthologist Edward Joseph Harrington O BrienBornEdward Joseph Harrington O Brien 1890 12 10 December 10 1890Boston MassachusettsDiedFebruary 24 1941 1941 02 24 aged 50 Gerrards Cross EnglandNationalityAmericanAlma materHarvard University one year Occupation s Short story anthologist authorKnown forEditor of Best Short Stories annuals As Edward J O Brien he created a series of annual anthologies containing his selection of the previous year s best short stories by U S authors The Best American Short Stories originally The Best Short Stories of 1915 and so on In that he was succeeded by Martha Foley who continued the work until her own death in 1977 without a great change in format He went to live in Europe in 1919 He married his first wife English writer Romer Wilson in 1923 Two years after her death in 1932 he married German writer Ruth Gorgel who survived him He died at his home in Gerrards Cross England The cause of death was heart failure 1 At the time he was the European story editor for Metro Goldwyn Mayer s England studios 2 Contents 1 Books 1 1 As editor 1 2 As author 1 3 As contributor 2 Articles 3 References 4 External linksBooks editAs editor edit Poems of the Irish Revolutionary Brotherhood 1916 with Padraic Colum The Best Short Stories of 1915 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story 1916 first in series The Best Short Stories of 1916 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story 1917 The Masque of Poets A Collection of New Poems by Contemporary American Poets 1918 The Best Short Stories of 1920 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story The Best British Short Stories of 1922 with John Cournos 1922 first in series The Best Short Stories of 1923 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story 1924 The Best British Short Stories of 1924 with John Cournos The Best Short Stories of 1926 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story 1926 The Best British Short Stories of 1928 1928 The Best Short Stories of 1931 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story 1931 The Best Short Stories of 1932 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story 1932 Modern English Short Stories 1933 The Twenty Five Finest Short Stories 1933 The Guest Book 1935 Elizabethan Tales 1937 50 Best American Short Stories 1915 1939 1939 The Best British Short Stories of 1939As author edit The Advance of the American Short Story 1923 The Dance of the Machines The American Short Story and the Industrial Age 1929 Son of the Morning A Portrait of Friedrich Nietzsche 1932 As contributor edit A Renegade Poet and Other Essays by Francis Thompson 1910 introduction Articles edit The American Short Story The Writer October 1935 The American Short Story II The Writer November 1935References edit American Foreign Service Report of the Death of an American Citizen Edward Joseph Harrington O Brien London England April 18 1941 Edward J O Brien Short Story Editor Boston Native Dies Boston Globe February 25 1941 External links edit nbsp Wikisource has original works by or about Edward Joseph Harrington O Brien Works by Edward Joseph Harrington O Brien at Project Gutenberg Works by or about Edward Joseph Harrington O Brien at Internet Archive Edward J O Brien at Library of Congress with 45 library catalog records nbsp This biographical article about an American poet born in the 1890s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This biographical article about a print editor of the United States is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Edward Joseph Harrington O 27Brien amp oldid 1176646680, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
