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THE LIFE AND TIMES OF J.M. SYNGE
Prepared by Amith Ajith
JOHN MILLINGTON SYNGE
Most highly esteemed playwright of the Irish literary
renaissance
Born, Rathfarnham, County Dublin, Ireland, 1871Died, Dublin, Ireland, 1909
BIOGRAPHICALLY the most remarkable feature of Synge's career was its brevity. In the six years which elapsed between 1903, when In the “Shadow of the Glen “ was produced to 1909, when he died, he rose from absolute obscurity to world fame, and provided us with six plays on which his reputation must rest.
Won a scholarship forthe Royal Irish Academy of Music for advanced study
Begun to write poetry
1892
Written in 1901 but unpublished
Major works
THE PLAYBOY OF THE
WESTERN WORLD
RIDERS TO THE SEA
Passed away on March 24, 1909,
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