Flann O'Brien

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Flann O'Brien was the pen name of Irish writer Brian O'Nolan, celebrated for his innovative, metafictional novels such as "At Swim-Two-Birds" and his satirical Irish Times column "Cruiskeen Lawn."

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Brian O'Nolan 3
Flann O'Brien canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf pen name
alsoKnownAs Brian Nolan NERFINISHED
Brian Ó Nualláin NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath cancer
countryOfCitizenship Ireland
dateOfBirth 1911-10-05
dateOfDeath 1966-04-01
educatedAt University College Dublin NERFINISHED
employer Irish Civil Service NERFINISHED
The Irish Times NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork Irish literature
newspaper satire
genre comic fiction
metafiction
satire
hasPartInWork bicycle theory in The Third Policeman
frame narrative in At Swim-Two-Birds
influenced postmodern literature
influencedBy James Joyce NERFINISHED
Laurence Sterne NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkOrName English
Irish
movement modernism
nationality Irish
notableFor innovative narrative techniques
satirical commentary on Irish society
notableWork An Béal Bocht NERFINISHED
At Swim-Two-Birds NERFINISHED
Cruiskeen Lawn NERFINISHED
The Dalkey Archive NERFINISHED
The Hard Life NERFINISHED
The Third Policeman NERFINISHED
occupation columnist
novelist
writer
placeOfBirth Strabane, County Tyrone, Ireland NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Dublin, Ireland NERFINISHED
positionHeld civil servant
realName Brian O'Nolan NERFINISHED
residence Dublin, Ireland NERFINISHED
subjectOf literary criticism
usedPseudonym Myles na Gopaleen NERFINISHED
Myles na gCopaleen NERFINISHED
writingStyle experimental narrative structure
metafictional techniques
wroteColumn Cruiskeen Lawn NERFINISHED

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O'Brien hasNotableBearer Flann O'Brien
O'Nolan notableBearer Flann O'Brien
this entity surface form: Brian O'Nolan
O'Nolan usedPenName Flann O'Brien
subject surface form: Brian O'Nolan
O'Nolan penNameOf Flann O'Brien
subject surface form: Flann O'Brien
this entity surface form: Brian O'Nolan
O'Nolan penNameOf Flann O'Brien
subject surface form: Myles na gCopaleen
this entity surface form: Brian O'Nolan