Olga Fielden

Olga Fielden (1903–1973) was a Belfast based playwright and novelist.^{[1] [2]}

Her novel "Island Story" (Jonathan Cape, 1933) was described in the Times Literary Supplment as having an "exhilarating quality".^[3] "Stress" (Jonathan Cape, 1936) was similarly described as "fresh and vigorous".^[4]

Fielden wrote a number of plays for the B.B.C. and "Three to go" was produced by the Abbey Theatre in Dublin.

References

1. ^ Belfast novelist and playwright dies, The Irish Times 25/04/1973
2. ^ Brown, S. J. and Clarke, D. Ireland in Fiction: Volume 2 (Royal Carbery Books : Cork, 1985) p.90
3. ^ Times Literary Supplement, 19/10/1933, p.712
4. ^ Times Literary Supplement, 12/12/1936

External links

• Olga Fielden Papers at Queen's University Belfast