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Also Known As John Millington Synge
Born April 16, 1871 • Ireland
Died March 24, 1909 (aged 37) • Dublin • Ireland
Notable Works “Deirdre of the Sorrows” • “In the Shadow of the Glen” • “Riders to the Sea” • “The Aran Islands” • “The Playboy of the Western World” • “The Well of the Saints”
Movement / Style Irish literary renaissance

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