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- NAME: Liam O'Flaherty
- OCCUPATION: Author
- BIRTH DATE: August 28, 1896
- DEATH DATE: September 07, 1984
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Inishmore, Ireland
- PLACE OF DEATH: Dublin, Ireland
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Liam O'Flaherty was a novelist and short story writer and a leading writer of the Irish literary renaissance.
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Irish novelist and short story writer Liam O'Flaherty combined brutal naturalism, psychological analysis, poetry and biting satire with an abiding respect for the Irish people. His novels include Thy Neighbour's Wife (1923), The Informer (1925; film, 1935), Skerrett (1932), Famine (1937), and Insurrection (1950).© 2013 A+E Networks. All rights reserved.
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