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Donleavy

American  
[don-lee-vee] / dɒnˈli vi /

noun

  1. J(ames) P(atrick), 1926–2017, U.S. novelist.


Donleavy British  
/ dɒnˈliːvɪ /

noun

  1. J ( ames ) P ( atrick ). born 1926, Irish-American novelist. His books include The Ginger Man (1956), The Onion Eaters (1971), Are You Listening Rabbi Löw? (1987), and The Lady Who Liked Clean Rest Rooms (1995)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In 2011, it was reported that Mr. Donleavy had not fathered his two children with Price.

From Washington Post Sep. 14, 2017

Still, an abridged version of the book began to gain traction in England, and Mr. Donleavy found his revenge against Olympia in a two-decade-long legal war over the rights to his novel.

From Washington Post Sep. 14, 2017

In his spectral wit, Donleavy could resemble Samuel Beckett; in his delighted lustiness, Henry Miller; in his damp and scattered wordplay, James Joyce.

From New York Times Sep. 14, 2017

James Patrick Donleavy was born in Brooklyn on April 23, 1926, and raised in the Bronx, where he took up boxing as a child.

From Washington Post Sep. 14, 2017

Mr. Donleavy didn’t leave us long in the dark over who made these improvements available to Central High.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou

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