Brendan Behan (Cyclopedia of World Authors)
Brendan Behan (BEE-uhn) emerged as a significant Irish author and playwright during the 1950’s but failed to fulfill that promise in the last six years of his life. One of seven children, he was born in Dublin in 1923, the son of Stephen and Kathleen Kearney Behan. Deeply committed to Irish nationalism, Stephen Behan had been imprisoned in Kilmainhain Prison for his actions during the Irish Civil War, and Kathleen Behan was consistently outspoken in her support of Irish independence. With such a family background, Brendan’s enrollments in the Fianna Eireann at the age of seven and...
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