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Brendan Behan

Irish poet, short story writer, novelist, and playwright (1923-1964)

Born	1923
Died	1964

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Borstal boy

by Brendan Behan
First published in 1958
32 editions, 6 ebooks
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The hostage

by Brendan Behan First published in 1958
12 editions, 1 ebook
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Confessions of an Irish rebel.

by Brendan Behan and Édouard Jacquemoud
First published in 1965
11 editions, 3 ebooks
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Brendan Behan's island: an Irish sketchbook

by Brendan Behan
First published in 1962
11 editions, 2 ebooks
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Brendan Behan's New York

by Brendan Behan
First published in 1962
10 editions, 2 ebooks
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The scarperer

by Brendan Behan
First published in 1964
10 editions, 2 ebooks
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Hold your hour and have another

by Brendan Behan
First published in 1963
8 editions, 3 ebooks
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After the wake: twenty-one prose works including previously unpublished material

by Brendan Behan First published in 1981
5 editions, 1 ebook

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The Complete Plays: The Hostage, The Quare Fellow, Richard's Cork Leg (Black Cat Book)

by Brendan Behan First published in 1978
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The quare fellow: a comedy-drama.

by Brendan Behan First published in 1956
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The quare fellow: a comedy-drama

by Brendan Behan First published in 1956
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Behan Complete Plays

by Brendan Behan First published in 2001
3 editions, 1 ebook

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Poems and a play in Irish

by Brendan Behan First published in 1981
3 editions, 1 ebook
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Letters of Brendan Behan

by E. H. Mikhail and Brendan Behan First published in 1992
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The King of Ireland's son

by Brendan Behan First published in 1996
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Richard's cork leg: [play]

by Brendan Behan First published in 1973
2 editions, 1 ebook
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The letters of Brendan Behan

by Brendan Behan First published in 1992
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Kathleen

by Brendan Behan 2 editions

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Moving out, and A garden party.

by Brendan Behan First published in 1967
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The wit of Brendan Behan

by Brendan Behan First published in 1968
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Irish poet, short story writer, novelist, and playwright (1923-1964)

Born	1923
Died	1964

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OLID: OL143442A
BookBrainz: e8c7bcbe-de1f-4633-9fd5-99b8c7817dd7
GoodReads: 41348
ISNI: 0000000108551331
IMDb: nm0066848
Library of Congress Names: n79055617
MusicBrainz: d18ffad7-355c-40af-b754-01eb21e04d9f
SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): RAVV023121
VIAF: 12321300
Wikidata: Q313063
Inventaire.io: wd:Q313063

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Brenda Behan
Brendan Francis Aidan Behan
Breandán Ó Beacháin

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