Brendan Behan was an Irish writer known for plays and books in both English and Irish. He was born in 1923 into a republican family and imprisoned at age 16 for his IRA involvement. His most famous play, The Quare Fellow, was first produced in Dublin and later in London, bringing him success. He wrote extensively in both English and Irish, including his acclaimed autobiography The Borstal Boy. However, he struggled with alcoholism which contributed to his early death in 1964.

1. By:
Nuria Merce
Teresa Terreros
*Brendan Behan
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2. -He was an Irish poet, short story writer, novelist
and playwright who wrote in both English and Irish.
-He was an Irish republican and a volunteer in the
army.
-He was born into a republican Irish family.(1923)
-At the age of 16 he was imprisoned in an Irish
prison. During this time he started to study and he
became a fluent speaker of the Irish language.
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3. -He married Beatrice Ffrench-Salkeld in 1955.
-he had a drink problem which resulted in him
suffering from diabetes.
-And for this reason, he died on 20 March 1964
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4. -His first play was The Quare Fellow, it was
produced in dublin.It was well received.
-It became famous at its production in 1956 at Joan
Littlewoods's theatre workshop in London.
-two years later, he wrote An Giall in the Irish
language and then he translated it into the English
language.
-his autobiography,The Borstal Boy, became a
worldwide bestseller.
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5. -The Quare Fellow(1954)
-An Giall (The Hostage) (1958)
-Richard's Cork Leg (1972)
-Moving Out (one-act play, commissioned for radio)
-A Garden Party (one-act play, commissioned for radio)
-The Big House (1957, one-act play, commissioned for
radio)
Plays
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6. *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)
-The Scarperer (1966)
-After The Wake: Twenty-One Prose Works Including Previously
Unpublished Material (posthumous – 1981)
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