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John Millington Synge was born on 16t April 1871 at Rathfarnham, County Dublin.
He was educated at Trinity College Dublin and later travelled to Germany and Paris where he lived for a while. He was keen observer of people and life in general.
He met Yeats in an attic in Paris in 1899 and was influenced by him..
He traveled to the Aran Islands were he lived for some time. He was influenced by the people of the islands and their 'constant struggle of the islanders against their relentless enemy the sea'.
He wrote 'The Aran Islands', a journal of his experiences there.
In the last six years of his life he concentrated on writing about the life of the Irish people.
He wrote 'In the Shadow of the Glen'(1903), Riders of the Sea (1904) but he is probably best known for The Playboy of the Western World (1907). Irish patriots were highly critical of this work.
He was part of the Irish National Theatre along with Yeats and Lady Gregory.
He died in 1909
He was educated at Trinity College Dublin and later travelled to Germany and Paris where he lived for a while. He was keen observer of people and life in general.
He met Yeats in an attic in Paris in 1899 and was influenced by him..
He traveled to the Aran Islands were he lived for some time. He was influenced by the people of the islands and their 'constant struggle of the islanders against their relentless enemy the sea'.
He wrote 'The Aran Islands', a journal of his experiences there.
In the last six years of his life he concentrated on writing about the life of the Irish people.
He wrote 'In the Shadow of the Glen'(1903), Riders of the Sea (1904) but he is probably best known for The Playboy of the Western World (1907). Irish patriots were highly critical of this work.
He was part of the Irish National Theatre along with Yeats and Lady Gregory.
He died in 1909
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