Saint John Ervine: Quick Facts

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George Bernard Shaw

Irish dramatist and critic

Oscar Wilde

Irish author

J.M. Synge

Irish author

Augusta, Lady Gregory

Irish writer

Padraic Colum

Irish-born American poet

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

German author

D.H. Lawrence

English writer

James Joyce

Irish author

Oliver Goldsmith

Anglo-Irish author

Ben Elton

British actor, writer, and comedian

Arnold Bennett

British author

Brendan Behan

Irish author

Sir Stephen Spender

English poet

A.A. Milne

British author

P.G. Wodehouse

British author

Sir Edmund Gosse

British critic and writer

Molly Keane

Irish author

James Plunkett

Irish writer

Henry Brooke

Irish author

Paul Bailey

British author