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Short story writers whose work is in Irish are included. A brief outline of the history of Irish fiction is also available. A–D. Samuel Beckett (1906–1989)
This is a list of writers either born in Ireland or holding Irish citizenship, who have a Wikipedia page. Writers whose work is in Irish are included. Writers whose work is in Irish are included. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
List of Irish short story writers This page was last edited on 16 November 2024, at 22:40 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
Josephine Edna O'Brien DBE (15 December 1930 – 27 July 2024) was an Irish novelist, memoirist, playwright, poet and short-story writer.. O'Brien's works often revolve around the inner feelings of women and their problems relating to men and society as a whole.
William Trevor Cox KBE (24 May 1928 – 20 November 2016), known by his pen name William Trevor, was an Irish novelist, playwright, and short story writer. One of the elder statesmen of the Irish literary world, [ 5 ] he is widely regarded as one of the greatest contemporary writers of short stories in the English language. [ 6 ]
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, poet, and literary critic.He contributed to the modernist avant-garde movement and is regarded as one of the most influential and important writers of the 20th century.
The Irish short story has proved a popular genre, with well-known practitioners including Frank O'Connor, Seán Ó Faoláin, and William Trevor. A total of four Irish writers have won the Nobel Prize for Literature – W. B. Yeats, George Bernard Shaw, Samuel Beckett and Seamus Heaney.
Brendan Francis Aidan Behan [1] (christened Francis Behan) [2] (/ ˈ b iː ə n / BEE-ən; Irish: Breandán Ó Beacháin; 9 February 1923 – 20 March 1964) was an Irish poet, short story writer, novelist, playwright, and Irish Republican, [3] an activist who wrote in both English and Irish.