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Born June 6, 1932 • London • England
Died October 27, 2020 (aged 88) • London • England
Notable Works “Daughters of Passion” • “Godded and Codded” • “Man in the Cellar” • “Melancholy Baby” • “No Country for Young Men” • “The Judas Cloth” • “The Obedient Wife” • “Women in the Walls”
Notable Family Members father Sean O’Faolain
Sean O’Faolain
Irish author
John Banville
John Banville
Irish writer
Edna O'Brien
Edna O’Brien
Irish author
Sheridan Le Fanu
Irish writer
Martin Amis
Martin Amis
British author
Sylvia Townsend Warner
British author
Michael Banim
Irish author
John 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
Colm Tóibín
Colm Tóibín
Irish author
Bram Stoker, creator of Count Dracula
Bram Stoker
Irish writer
George Moore, 1908.
George Moore
Irish writer
Behan
Brendan Behan
Irish author
Elizabeth Bowen
Elizabeth Bowen
British author
Maeve Binchy
Maeve Binchy
Irish author
William Trevor
William Trevor
Irish writer
John McGahern
Irish author
Liam O’Flaherty
Irish writer