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Behan

American

[bee-uhn] / ˈbi ən /

noun

Brendan (Francis) 1923–64, Irish playwright.

Behan British

/ ˈbiːən /

noun

Brendan . 1923–64, Irish writer, noted esp for his plays The Quare Fellow (1954) and The Hostage (1958) and for an account of his detention as a member of the Irish Republican Army, Borstal Boy (1958)

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