Brendan Behan

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 a committed Irish Republican and a member of the Irish Republican Army. Behan was one of the most successful Irish dramatists of the 20th century.

Works

Plays

• The Quare Fellow (1954)
• An Giall (1958), The Hostage (1958)
• Behan wrote the play in Irish, and then translated it himself into English
• Richard's Cork Leg
• Moving Out
• A Garden Party
• The Big House

Books

• Borstal Boy (1958)
• Brendan Behan's Island (1962)
• Hold Your Hour and Have Another (1963)
• Brendan Behan's New York (1964)
• Confessions of an Irish Rebel (1965)