Flann O’Brien: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Myles na gCopaleen • Brian Ó Nuallain
Born	October 5, 1911 • Strabane • Northern Ireland
Died	April 1, 1966 (aged 54) • Dublin • Ireland
Notable Works	theatrical production • “At Swim-Two-Birds” • “The Hard Life” • “The Third Policeman”

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

Maeve Binchy

Maeve Binchy

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

Behan

Brendan Behan

Irish author

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Eavan Boland

Irish poet and literary critic

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Molly Keane

Irish author

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James Plunkett

Irish writer

Henry Brooke, engraving by C. Pye after a drawing by J. Thurston from a portrait by the subject's nephew Henry Brooke

Henry Brooke

Irish author

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Charles Robert Maturin

Irish writer

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Walter Macken

Irish author

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Patrick Kavanagh

Irish poet

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Saint John Ervine

British dramatist

Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th baron of Dunsany.

Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th baron of Dunsany

Irish dramatist

Colum, Padraic

Padraic Colum

Irish-born American poet

Lover, Samuel

Samuel Lover

Anglo-Irish novelist, songwriter, and painter

Tom Stoppard wearing a dark suit, blue checkered shirt, and green tie, looking at the camera against a dark background.

Tom Stoppard

Czech-born British playwright and screenwriter

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Nick Joaquin

Filipino author

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Lewis Nkosi

South African author