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- Birth nameBrendan Francis Aidan Behan
- Height5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
- Brendan Behan was born on February 9, 1923 in Dublin, Ireland. He was a writer, known for Inside Llewyn Davis (2013), Borstal Boy (2000) and The Quare Fellow (1962). He was married to Beatrice Ffrench-Salkeld. He died on March 20, 1964 in Dublin, Ireland.
- SpouseBeatrice Ffrench-Salkeld(February 16, 1955 - March 20, 1964) (his death, 1 child)
- Described himself as "a drinker with a writing problem".
- Was nominated for Broadway's 1961 Tony Award as author of Best Play nominee "The Hostage."
- Adoptive father of Paudge Behan.
- Older brother of Dominic Behan.
- Became a member of the IRA's youth organisation Fianna Éireann at the age of fourteen. Joined the IRA proper at sixteen, subsequently imprisoned in a borstal in the U.K., as well as serving time in jail in the Republic of Ireland. He was released in 1946 under a general amnesty.
- There's only one bad thing the press can print about you - an obituary notice.
- Critics are like eunuchs in a harem. They're there every night, they see it done every night, they see how it should be done every night, but they can't do it themselves.
- I'm a drinker with a writing problem.
- If it's a thing I go for in a human being it's weakness. I'm a devil for it.
- I have a total irreverence for anything connected with society except that which makes the roads safer, the beer stronger, the food cheaper, and the old men and old women warmer in the winter and happier in the summer.
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