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20th-century Irish poets
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The list 20th-century Irish poets includes
Spike Milligan, Samuel Beckett, William Butler Yeats, Christy Brown and Brendan Behan.
The list consists of 207 members
and 2 sublists.
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Spike Milligan
Irish comedian (1918–2002)
Overview: Terence Alan "Spike" Milligan KBE (16 April 1918 – 27 February 2002) was a British-Irish actor, comedian, writer, poet and playwright. The son of an Irish father and an English mother, Milligan was born ...Date of birth: 16 April 1918Date of death: 27 February 2002Age: 83 (age at death)Nationality: BritishOccupation: ActorGender: MaleHeight: 6' (183 cm)
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Samuel Beckett
Irish writer (1906–1989)
Overview: Samuel Barclay Beckett (13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989) was an Irish writer of novels, plays, short stories, and poems. Writing in both English and French, his literary and theatrical work features bleak ...Date of birth: 13 April 1906Date of death: 22 December 1989Age: 83 (age at death)Nationality: IrishOccupation: PlaywrightGender: Male 0
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William Butler Yeats
Irish poet and playwright
Overview: William Butler Yeats (13 June 1865 – 28 January 1939) was an Irish poet and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. A pillar of the Irish literary establishment, he helped to found ...Date of birth: 13 June 1865Date of death: 28 January 1939Age: 73 (age at death)Nationality: IrishOccupation: PoetGender: Male 0
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James Joyce
Irish novelist and poet (1882–1941)
Overview: James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, poet, and literary critic. He contributed to the modernist avant-garde movement and is regarded as one of the most ...Date of birth: 2 February 1882Date of death: 13 January 1941Age: 58 (age at death)Nationality: IrishOccupation: AuthorGender: Male 0
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Christy Brown
Irish artist
Overview: Christy Brown (5 June 1932 – 7 September 1981) was an Irish writer and painter who had cerebral palsy and was able to write or type only with the toes of one foot. His most recognized work is his auto ...Date of birth: 5 June 1932Date of death: 6 September 1981Age: 49 (age at death)Nationality: IrishOccupation: ArtistGender: Female 0
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Brendan Behan
Irish poet and writer (1923–1964)
Overview: Brendan Francis Aidan Behan (christened Francis Behan) ( BEE-ən; Irish: Breandán Ó Beacháin; 9 February 1923 – 20 March 1964) was an Irish poet, short story writer, novelist and playwright who wrote in ...Date of birth: 9 February 1923Date of death: 20 March 1964Age: 41 (age at death)Nationality: IrishOccupation: PlaywrightGender: MaleHeight: 5' 8" (173 cm) 0
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Nicholas Blake
Irish poet
Overview: Cecil Day-Lewis CBE (or Day Lewis; 27 April 1904 – 22 May 1972), often written as C. Day-Lewis, was an Irish-born, British poet and Poet Laureate from 1968 until his death in 1972. He also wrote mystery ...Date of birth: 27 April 1904Date of death: 22 May 1972Age: 68 (age at death)Nationality: BritishOccupation: PoetGender: Male 0
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Iris Murdoch
British writer and philosopher
Overview: Dame Jean Iris Murdoch DBE ( MUR-dok; 15 July 1919 – 8 February 1999) was an Irish and British novelist and philosopher. Murdoch is best known for her novels about good and evil, sexual relationships ...Date of birth: 15 July 1919Date of death: 8 February 1999Age: 79 (age at death)Nationality: BritishOccupation: NovelistGender: Female 0
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Louis MacNeice
Poets
Overview: Frederick Louis MacNeice CBE (12 September 1907 – 3 September 1963) was an Irish poet and playwright from Northern Ireland, and a member of the Auden Group, which also included W. H. Auden, Stephen Spender ...Date of birth: 12 September 1907Date of death: 3 September 1963Age: 55 (age at death)Nationality: IrishOccupation: PoetGender: Male 0
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Caitlín Maude
Poet, singer and Irish language activist from IrelandOverview: Caitlín Maude (22 May 1941–6 June 1982) was an Irish poet, activist, teacher, actress and traditional singer.Date of birth: 1941Date of death: 1982Age: 40 (age at death)Nationality: IrishOccupation: WriterGender: Female 0
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Michael D. Higgins
President of Ireland since 2011
Overview: Michael Daniel Higgins (Irish: Mícheál Dónal Ó hUigínn; born 18 April 1941) is an Irish politician, poet, sociologist, and broadcaster, who has served as the ninth president of Ireland since November 2011 ...Date of birth: 18 April 1941Age: 84Nationality: IrishOccupation: Head of StateGender: MaleHeight: 5' 3" (160 cm) 0
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Seamus Heaney
Irish poet
Overview: Seamus Justin Heaney MRIA (13 April 1939 – 30 August 2013) was an Irish poet, playwright and translator. He received the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature. Among his best-known works is Death of a Naturalist ...Date of birth: 13 April 1939Date of death: 30 August 2013Age: 74 (age at death)Nationality: IrishOccupation: WriterGender: Male 0
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Alice Perry
Irish engineer
Overview: Alice Jacqueline Perry (24 October 1885 – 21 April 1969) was a poet, a feminist and the first woman in Europe to graduate with a degree in engineering.Date of birth: 24 October 1885Date of death: 21 August 1969Age: 83 (age at death)Nationality: IrishOccupation: PoetGender: Female 0
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Patrick Deeley
Irish poetOverview: Patrick Deeley (born 1953) is an Irish poet. 0
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Edward Pakenham, 6th Earl of Longford
Irish writer
Overview: Edward Arthur Henry Pakenham, 6th Earl of Longford (29 December 1902 – 4 February 1961) was an Irish peer, politician, and littérateur. Also known as Eamon de Longphort, he was a member of the fifth Seanad ...Date of birth: 29 December 1902Date of death: 4 February 1961Age: 58 (age at death)Nationality: IrishOccupation: DirectorGender: Male 0
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Paddy Tunney
Irish traditional singer and folklorist
Overview: Paddy Tunney (28 January 1921 – 7 December 2002) was an Irish traditional singer, poet, writer, raconteur, lilter and songwriter. He was affectionately known as the Man of Songs.Date of birth: 28 January 1921Date of death: 6 December 2002Age: 81 (age at death)Nationality: IrishOccupation: WriterGender: Male 0
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17.Overview: Geraldine Clinton Little (September 20, 1923 – March 7, 1997) was a poet born in Northern Ireland. Emigrating to the United States with her family at age 2, she spent her life in the United States ...Date of birth: 20 September 1923Date of death: 7 March 1997Age: 73 (age at death)Nationality: IrishOccupation: WriterGender: Female 0
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Margot Ruddock
English actress, poet and singerOverview: Marguerite (Margot) Ruddock (1907–1951), who used the stage name Margot Collis, was an English actress, poet and singer. She had a relationship with W. B. Yeats starting in 1934. Their correspondence was ...Date of birth: 1907Date of death: 1951Age: 43 (age at death)Nationality: IrishOccupation: WriterGender: Female 0
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George Moore
Irish novelist, short-story writer, poet, art critic, memoirist and dramatist
Overview: George Augustus Moore (24 February 1852 – 21 January 1933) was an Irish novelist, short-story writer, poet, art critic, memoirist and dramatist. Moore came from a Roman Catholic landed family who lived ...Date of birth: 24 February 1852Date of death: 21 January 1933Age: 80 (age at death)Nationality: IrishOccupation: WriterGender: Male 0
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John Millington Synge
Irish playwright, poet, prose writer, and collector of folklore
Overview: Edmund John Millington Synge (16 April 1871 – 24 March 1909) was an Irish playwright, poet, prose writer, travel writer and collector of folklore. He was a key figure in the Irish Literary Revival and ...Date of birth: 16 April 1871Date of death: 24 March 1909Age: 37 (age at death)Nationality: IrishOccupation: WriterGender: Male 0
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