John O'Donohue

John O'Donohue (* 1 January 1956 in County Clare in Ireland, † January 4, 2008 in France) was an Irish philosopher and writer.

Biography

John O'Donohue was born in 1956 and grew up in a farming village in County Clare, a barren landscape in the west of Ireland. In 1990 he earned his doctorate at the University of Tübingen with Scripture person as mediation.

As a philosopher and author, he worked on Celtic wisdom and Celtic- Christian thought. Particularly well known he was with the bestselling Anam Cara ( anɪm kɑɾɾɑ ) - The Book of Celtic Wisdom ( German Giovanni and Ditte Bandini ). In addition, O'Donohue was his profound knowledge of the philosophy of Hegel. Since the mid- 1990s, he lived in Connemara ( County Galway). In early January 2008, he died while on holiday in France.

O'Donohue was as a former Catholic priest for many years a member of a citizens' movement to preserve the scenic integrity of his birth Burren Region and spoke Gaelic.

Works

• Anam Cara. Munich: dtv, Munich 1997, ISBN 978-3-423-24119-9.
• Echo of the soul. dtv, Munich 1999, ISBN 978-3-423-24180-9.
• Beauty: From the richness of life. dtv, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-423-24391-0. Re: From the wealth of life: awaken the beauty. dtv, München 2007, ISBN 978-3-423-34410-4.