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1. "I treated art as the supreme reality and life as a mere mode of fiction." I spent time in Reading Gaol and wrote the "De Profundis". Who am I?
2. I am a master short story writer. "Guests of the Nation" and "My Oedipus Complex" are among my most famous works.
3. I am a poet born in 1944. My first major collection was "The War Horse" in 1975. Who am I?
4. There was a full scale riot at my play "The Plough and The Stars", at the Abbey Theatre in 1926. Who am I?
5. I was a journalist for "The Irish Times", where I wrote using Myles na Gopaleen, as my pseudonym. I also wrote "At Swim Two Birds". Who am I?
6. I am best remembered for my plays which include "The Field", "Sive" and "The Year of The Hiker".
7. I dedicated my book, "Twenty Years A Growing", to the women of the Blasket Island, "To send my voice into their ears again". Who am I?
8. I wrote short stories in the nineteenth century. The collection "In a Glass Darkly", has become a genre classic.
9. I am a poet who used old Gaelic verse forms when writing in English.
"The Blackbird of Derrycairn" and "The Planter's Daughter" are my most well known poems.
10. "It's a queer world, God knows, but the best we have to be going on with". I was in prison, (Borstal), and died young. Who am I?
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