AKA James Patrick Donleavy

Born: 23-Apr-1926
Birthplace: Brooklyn, NY
Died: 11-Sep-2017
Location of death: Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland
Cause of death: Stroke

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Novelist, Playwright

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: The Ginger Man

Military service: US Navy (WWII)

Resides in Westmeath, Ireland.

Father: Patrick John Dunleavy (later changed to Donleavy)
Mother: Margaret
Sister: Mary Rita Donleavy
Brother: Thomas (d. 2016)
Wife: Valerie Heron (div. 1969, one daughter, one son)
Daughter: Rebecca Donleavy (actually the daughter of Kieran Guinness)
Son: Rory Donleavy (actually the son of Finn Guinness)
Wife: Mary Wilson Price (div. 1989, one daughter, one son)
Daughter: Karen
Son: Philip

    High School: Fordham Preparatory Academy, New York (expelled)
    University: Trinity College Dublin

    Expelled from School
    Naturalized Irish Citizen 1967
    Irish Ancestry

Author of books:
The Ginger Man (1955, novel)
A Singular Man (1963, novel)
The Saddest Summer of Samuel S. (1966, novella)
The Onion Eaters (1971, novel)
The Plays of J. P. Donleavy (1972, drama)
A Fairy Tale of New York (1973, novel)
The Destinies of Darcy Dancer, Gentleman (1977, novel)
Schultz (1979, novel)
Leila (1983, novel)
De Alphonse Tennis: The Superlative Game of Eccentric Champions (1984, nonfiction)
Are You Listening Rabbi Löw (1987, novel)
That Darcy, That Dancer, That Gentleman (1990, novel)
The History of the Ginger Man (1994, memoir)
Wrong Information is Being Given Out at Princeton (1998, novel)

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