J M Synge

THE LIFE AND TIMES OF J.M. SYNGE

Prepared by Amith Ajith

JOHN MILLINGTON SYNGE

Most highly esteemed playwright of the Irish literary

renaissance

Born, Rathfarnham, County Dublin, Ireland, 1871Died, Dublin, Ireland, 1909

BIOGRAPHICALLY the most remarkable feature of Synge's career was its brevity. In the six years which elapsed between 1903, when In the “Shadow of the Glen “ was produced to 1909, when he died, he rose from absolute obscurity to world fame, and provided us with six plays on which his reputation must rest.

Won a scholarship forthe Royal Irish Academy of Music for advanced study

Begun to write poetry

1892

Written in 1901 but unpublished

Major works

THE PLAYBOY OF THE

WESTERN WORLD

RIDERS TO THE SEA

Passed away on March 24, 1909,

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