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Also Known As John Francis Whelan
Born February 22, 1900 • Cork • Ireland
Died April 20, 1991 (aged 91) • Dublin • Ireland
Notable Works “A Nest of Simple Folk” • “Midsummer Night Madness and Other Stories”
Notable Family Members daughter Julia O’Faolain
Subjects Of Study Ireland • culture
Edna O'Brien
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Julia O’Faolain
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Muriel Spark
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John Banville
John Banville
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George Moore, 1908.
George Moore
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Behan
Brendan Behan
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Elizabeth Bowen
Elizabeth Bowen
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John McGahern
Irish author
Liam O’Flaherty
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Sheridan Le Fanu
Irish writer
Indian writer Khushwant Singh in his study
Khushwant Singh
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Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov
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Michael Ignatieff
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Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan Doyle
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Mulk Raj Anand
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Martin Amis
Martin Amis
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Sir Stephen Spender
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Klíma, Ivan
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