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Also Known As James Patrick Donleavy
Born April 23, 1926 • New York City • New York
Died September 11, 2017 (aged 91) • Ireland
Notable Works “The Ginger Man”
Sean O’Faolain
Irish author
Colum, Padraic
Padraic Colum
Irish poet
Brian Moore
Canadian author
Dion Boucicault
Irish playwright
John Banim
Irish author
Michael Banim
Irish author
George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw
Irish dramatist and critic
James Joyce
James Joyce
Irish author
Henry James
Henry James
American writer
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde
Irish author
Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov
American 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
Paul Muldoon
Paul Muldoon
Northern Irish poet
George Moore, 1908.
George Moore
Irish writer
Behan
Brendan Behan
Irish author
Christopher Isherwood
Christopher Isherwood
British-American author