What is recorded here
Brendan Behan turned his Dublin birth into a weapon, writing The Hostage and Borstal Boy before alcohol and rage consumed him at forty-one. He joined the IRA young, bled in prisons, learned Irish in a cell, and forced the world to listen when drunk on BBC television. America loved his jokes; Ireland loved his wounds; neither could save him from the cup he kept returning to.
Why this person is known: Irish poet, short story writer, novelist, and playwright (1923-1964)
- Birthplace
- Dublin
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