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Born June 5, 1932 • Dublin • Ireland
Died September 7, 1981 (aged 49) • Somerset • England
Notable Works “My Left Foot”
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Patrick Kavanagh
Irish poet
Edna O'Brien
Edna O’Brien
Irish author
George Moore, 1908.
George Moore
Irish writer
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Brendan Behan
Irish author
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Sean O’Faolain
Irish author
Elizabeth Bowen
Elizabeth Bowen
British author
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John McGahern
Irish author
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Liam O’Flaherty
Irish writer
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Katharine Tynan
Irish poet and novelist
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Michael Banim
Irish author
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John Banim
Irish 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
George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw
Irish dramatist and critic
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde
Irish author
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
Portrait of Bram Stoker seated in a chair, wearing a dark suit and vest, with a trimmed beard and mustache, facing slightly to his left against a plain background.
Bram Stoker
Irish writer
Maria Edgeworth, detail of an engraving by Alonzo Chappel, 1873
Maria Edgeworth
Anglo-Irish author