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Seán O'Casey

1880 - 1964

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Seán O'Casey (Irish: Seán Ó Cathasaigh [ˈʃaːn̪ˠ oː ˈkahəsˠiː]; born John Casey; 30 March 1880 – 18 September 1964) was an Irish dramatist and memoirist. A committed socialist, he was the first Irish playwright of note to write about the Dublin working classes. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Seán O'Casey is the 3,917th most popular writer (up from 4,273rd in 2019), the 175th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 177th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Irish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Seán O'Casey ranks 3,917 out of 7,302. Before him are Mika Antić, Friedrich von Bodenstedt, István Örkény, Athol Fugard, Apollon Maykov, and Fadwa Tuqan. After him are Charles Grandison Finney, Michael Blake, Rizaeddin bin Fakhreddin, Titus Calpurnius Siculus, Mirza Khazar, and Bernard-Marie Koltès.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Seán O'Casey ranks 140. Before him are Mirza Kuchik Khan, Ioannis Malokinis, W. C. Fields, Nikolai Podvoisky, Konrad von Preysing, and Richard Oswald. After him are Eugen Slutsky, Zoltán Ozoray Schenker, B. C. Forbes, Herbert Brenon, Wally Kinnear, and Oswald Veblen. Among people deceased in 1964, Seán O'Casey ranks 118. Before him are Eugène Olivier, Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu, Ólafur Thors, Jean-Baptiste Janssens, Rudolph Maté, and Ary Barroso. After him are Joseph Schildkraut, Eugen Varga, Alfred Blalock, Moa Martinson, Adolf Šimperský, and Vasily Agapkin.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Seán O'Casey ranks 175 out of 549. Before him are Patrick Hillery (1923), Seán T. O'Kelly (1882), Edward Bruce (1275), Moya Brennan (1952), Brian McFadden (1980), and Peter Woulfe (1727). After him are Enda Kenny (1951), Barry Fitzgerald (1888), Edna O'Brien (1930), Dorothea Jordan (1761), Yvonne Farrell (1951), and John de Robeck (1862).

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Among WRITERS In Ireland

Among writers born in Ireland, Seán O'Casey ranks 23. Before him are John Banville (1945), Christy Brown (1932), Charles Maturin (1780), Cornelius Ryan (1920), John Millington Synge (1871), and Patrick Pearse (1879). After him are Edna O'Brien (1930), Elizabeth Bowen (1899), Cecil Day-Lewis (1904), Colm Tóibín (1955), Richard Steele (1672), and Brendan Behan (1923).

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