John Irving's "A Prayer for ___ Meany" (4)
I believe the answer is:
owen
(Other definitions for owen that I've seen before include "Wilfred -, English poet killed in World War One" , "Welsh industrialist and social reformer, founder of cooperative communities, d. 1858" , "Welsh boy's name" , "Clive --, English actor" , "English war poet, killed 1918" .)