Brendan Behan

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Brendan Behan


Born
in Baile Átha Cliath (Dublin), Ireland
February 09, 1923

Died
March 20, 1964

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Brendan Francis Behan (Irish: Breandán Ó Beacháin) (9 February 1923 – 20 March 1964) was an Irish poet, short story writer, novelist, and playwright who wrote in both Irish and English. He was also an Irish republican and a volunteer in the Irish Republican Army.

Behan was born in the inner city of Dublin on 9 February 1923 into an educated working class family. He lived in a house on Russell Street near Mountjoy Square owned by his grandmother, Christine English, who owned a number of properties in the area. Also living in the area was his uncle Peadar Kearney, song writer and author of the Irish national anthem. Brendan's father, Stephen Behan, a house painter who had been active in the Irish War of Independence, read classic literature to
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Borstal Boy

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Confessions of an Irish Rebel

3.94 avg rating — 623 ratings — published 1965 — 36 editions
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The Complete Plays: The Hos...

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4.09 avg rating — 287 ratings — published 1978 — 11 editions
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The Quare Fellow

3.83 avg rating — 294 ratings — published 1956 — 12 editions
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The Hostage

3.68 avg rating — 268 ratings — published 1959 — 17 editions
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After the Wake

3.86 avg rating — 213 ratings — published 1981 — 9 editions
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Brendan Behan's New York

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3.32 avg rating — 228 ratings — published 1964 — 21 editions
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Brendan Behan's Island: An ...

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3.87 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 1962 — 24 editions
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The King Of Ireland's Son

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3.80 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 1962 — 5 editions
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The Quare Fellow & The Hostage

3.81 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 1964 — 9 editions
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“I respect kindness in human beings first of all, and kindness to animals. I don't respect the law; I have a total irreverence for anything connected with society except that which makes the roads safer, the beer stronger, the food cheaper and the old men and old women warmer in the winter and happier in the summer.”
Brendan Behan

“I'm a drinker with writing problems.”
Brendan Behan

“Critics are like eunuchs in a harem; they know how it's done, they've seen it done every day, but they're unable to do it themselves.”
Brendan Behan

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