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Born October 21, 1904 • Ireland
Died November 30, 1967 (aged 63) • Dublin • Ireland
Notable Works “The Great Hunger”
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
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
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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Lennox Robinson
Irish playwright
Colum, Padraic
Padraic Colum
Irish-born American poet
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Sir Stephen Spender
English poet
Phillpotts, Eden
Eden Phillpotts
British writer
George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw
Irish dramatist and critic
William Butler Yeats seated, wearing round glasses and a textured jacket, looking directly at the camera in a black and white portrait from around 1923.
William Butler Yeats
Irish author and poet
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
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Micheál MacLiammóir
actor, scenic designer, and playwright
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Molly Keane
Irish author
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James Plunkett
Irish writer
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Louis MacNeice
British poet
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Charles Robert Maturin
Irish writer
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Walter Macken
Irish author
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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

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