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Born June 24, 1875 • Belfast • Northern Ireland
Died January 4, 1947 (aged 71) • Northern Ireland
Sean O’Faolain
Irish author
Saint John Ervine
British dramatist
John Banim
Irish author
Michael 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
Edna O'Brien
Edna O’Brien
Irish author
Bram Stoker, creator of Count Dracula
Bram Stoker
Irish writer
George Moore, 1908.
George Moore
Irish writer
Behan
Brendan Behan
Irish author
Maria Edgeworth, detail of an engraving by Alonzo Chappel, 1873
Maria Edgeworth
Anglo-Irish author
Elizabeth Bowen
Elizabeth Bowen
British author
Maeve Binchy
Maeve Binchy
Irish author
William Trevor
William Trevor
Irish writer
Brian Moore
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J.P. Donleavy
Irish-American author