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Irish writer (1911-1966)

Also known as: Brian O’Nolan, Brother Barnabas, Flann O'Brien, George Knowall, Myles na gCopaleen, Myles na Gopaleen

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Known works

  • At Swim-Two-Birds (1939)
  • At war (1999)
  • The hard life (1961)
  • The various lives of Keats and Chapman (1976)
  • The Dalkey archive (1964)