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Liam O'Flaherty

1896 - 1984

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Liam O'Flaherty (Irish: Liam Ó Flaithearta ; 28 August 1896 – 7 September 1984) was an Irish novelist and short-story writer, and one of the foremost socialist writers in the first part of the 20th century, writing about the common people's experience and from their perspective. Others are Seán O'Casey, Pádraic Ó Conaire, Peadar O'Donnell, Máirtín Ó Cadhain, and Seosamh Mac Grianna all of them Irish language speakers who chose to write either in Irish or English. Liam O'Flaherty served on the Western Front as a soldier in the British army's Irish Guards regiment from 1916 and was badly injured in 1917. After the war, he was a founding member of the Communist Party of Ireland. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Liam O'Flaherty is the 5,946th most popular writer (up from 5,986th in 2019), the 297th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 291st in 2019) and the 42nd most popular Irish Writer.

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Among writers, Liam O'Flaherty ranks 5,946 out of 7,302. Before him are Raúl Rivero, Pavao Pavličić, Bill Bright, Tanith Lee, Antoine Blondin, and Douglas Coupland. After him are Naomi Wolf, Judy Blume, Eugenie Schwarzwald, Phil Donahue, Iris Chang, and Anna J. Cooper.

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Among people born in 1896, Liam O'Flaherty ranks 248. Before him are Gösta Runö, Alister Hardy, Gopal Swarup Pathak, Rogers Hornsby, Carl Abrahamsson, and Rafael Garza Gutiérrez. After him are Howard Hanson, José Naya, Manuel Rojas, Józef Kałuża, Cyril Slater, and Lawrence Tibbett. Among people deceased in 1984, Liam O'Flaherty ranks 235. Before him are Peggy Ann Garner, Ann Christy, Felix Sobolev, José María Lavalle, José Humberto Quintero Parra, and Garry Winogrand. After him are Machito, Paul Le Flem, Ernst Stueckelberg, Joseph Gonzales, Vladimir Tendryakov, and Esther Phillips.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Liam O'Flaherty ranks 297 out of 549. Before him are John Connolly (1968), Michael Scott (1959), Tom Crean (1877), Charlie McGettigan (1950), Róisín Murphy (1973), and Tony Dunne (1941). After him are Evanna Lynch (1991), Albert Reynolds (1932), Máirtín Ó Cadhain (1906), Frank O'Farrell (1927), Peter Sutherland (1946), and Anne Buttimer (1938).

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Among WRITERS In Ireland

Among writers born in Ireland, Liam O'Flaherty ranks 42. Before him are William McGonagall (1825), Sydney, Lady Morgan (1776), Eoin Colfer (1965), Nahum Tate (1652), John Connolly (1968), and Michael Scott (1959). After him are Máirtín Ó Cadhain (1906), Frances Power Cobbe (1822), Colum McCann (1965), Roddy Doyle (1958), Sally Rooney (1991), and Frank Harris (1856).

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