Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos

Brendan Behan: Quick Facts

Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Also Known As Brendan Francis Behan
Born February 9, 1923 • Dublin • Ireland
Died March 20, 1964 (aged 41) • Dublin • Ireland
Notable Works “Borstal Boy” • “The Hostage” • “The Quare Fellow”
Movement / Style Theatre of the Absurd

Photos

Behan
See All Images →
default image
Timothy Findley
Canadian author
James Joyce wearing a dark suit, light tie, round glasses, and a hat, looking to the side outdoors in Zurich, Switzerland.
James Joyce
Irish author
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde
Irish author
default image
Micheál MacLiammóir
actor, scenic designer, and playwright
default image
James Plunkett
Irish writer
default image
Patrick Kavanagh
Irish poet
Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th baron of Dunsany.
Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th baron of Dunsany
Irish dramatist
Samuel Beckett, 1965
Samuel Beckett
Irish author
Graham Greene, 1982
Graham Greene
British author
default image
Sir Stephen Spender
English poet
default image
Fay Weldon
British author
Portrait of Alan Alexander Milne, circa 1920, wearing a light suit and bow tie, looking slightly to the side against a dark background.
A.A. Milne
British author
William Saroyan.
William Saroyan
American author
default image
Robin Maugham
British author
default image
James Crerar Reaney
Canadian writer
George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw
Irish dramatist and critic
Oliver Goldsmith, oil painting from the studio of Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1770; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Oliver Goldsmith
Anglo-Irish author
Colm Toibin stands in a narrow cobblestone alleyway in Mantova, Italy, wearing a gray jacket and black shirt with his hands in his pockets.
Colm Tóibín
Irish author
John Banville
John Banville
Irish writer
Portrait of Irish playwright Sean O'Casey wearing a suit and tie, looking slightly to the side against a dark background.
Sean O’Casey
Irish dramatist