Brendan Behan AKA Brendan Francis Behan Born: 9-Feb-1923 Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland Died: 20-Mar-1964 Location of death: Dublin, Ireland Cause of death: Diabetes complications Remains: Buried, Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin, Ireland
Gender: Male Religion: Roman Catholic Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Playwright, Author Nationality: Ireland Executive summary: The Hostage Mother: Kathleen Behan Brother: Dominic Behan (author) Wife: Beatrice Salkeld (m. Feb-1955, until his death, one child)
Irish Republican Army 1937-39 The Irish Times Correspondent Sabotage 1940 (convicted) Attempted Murder (amnestied 1946) Deported 1942 to Dublin, from England Risk Factors: Alcoholism, Diabetes
Author of books:
Borstal Boy (1958, novel) Brendan Behan's Island (1962, anecdotes) The Scarperer (1964, novel) Hold Your Hour and Have Another (1963, columns) Brendan Behan's New York (1964) Confessions of an Irish Rebel (1965, memoir)
Wrote plays:
The Quare Fellow (1954) The Hostage (1958)
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