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Born June 5, 1932 • Dublin • Ireland
Died September 7, 1981 (aged 49) • Somerset • England
Notable Works “My Left Foot”
Edna O'Brien
Edna O’Brien
Irish author
George Moore, 1908.
George Moore
Irish writer
Behan
Brendan Behan
Irish author
Sean O’Faolain
Irish author
Elizabeth Bowen
Elizabeth Bowen
British author
John McGahern
Irish author
Liam O’Flaherty
Irish writer
Patrick Kavanagh
Irish poet
Katharine Tynan
Irish poet and novelist
Michael Banim
Irish author
John Banim
Irish author
George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw
Irish dramatist and critic
James Joyce
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
Colm Tóibín
Colm Tóibín
Irish author
John Banville
John Banville
Irish writer
Sean O’Casey
Irish dramatist
Bram Stoker, creator of Count Dracula
Bram Stoker
Irish writer
Maria Edgeworth, detail of an engraving by Alonzo Chappel, 1873
Maria Edgeworth
Anglo-Irish author