Bøger af Brendan Behan

This edition gathers all the articles and essays that Behan published in newspapers from 1951 to his death in 1964.The articles reveal a serious writer capable of great comic set pieces and amusing yarns as well as thoughtful reflections on cultural and historical issues.

A collection of all the articles and essays that Brendan Behan published in newspapers from 1951 to his death in 1964. Brendan Behan wrote over 100 articles for Irish newspapers between 1951 and 1956 as he rose to international fame, with most of them written in a weekly column in the Irish Press. The articles reveal a serious writer capable of great comic set pieces and amusing yarns as well as thoughtful reflections on cultural and historical issues. They reflect his passion for working-class Dublin life and the history and folklore of the city, as well as his travels in Ireland and Europe. Selections of Behan's articles have been published since his death (Hold Your Hour and Have Another, 1965; After the Wake, 1981; The Dubbalin Man, 1997). However, there has been no complete edition of Behan's prose, and no edition has provided a detailed biographical and literary introduction, explanatory notes and suggestions for further reading. This volume is intended for publication during the centenary celebrations of Behan's birth in 2023.

This work includes Behan's complete dramatic works in English, three-full length plays and three one-act plays, with biographical details on Behan and the Irish Republican Movement.

Skuespillet "Særlingen" fra 1956 fortæller på tragikomisk vis om livet i et irsk fængsel i 1950’erne. De mange forskellige fanger, vi møder, er alle på hver sin måde optaget af én begivenhed: den kommende henrettelse af den mand, de kender som Særlingen.Skuespillet er baseret på Brendan Behans egne oplevelser fra sin tid i et irsk fængsel og handler blandt andet om dødsstraf, der var meget almindeligt i Irland i 1950’erne.Brendan Behan (1923-1964) var en irsk digter, forfatter, dramatiker og sangskriver. Han var aktiv i IRA, fra han var barn og til sin død i 1964. I 1939 blev han anholdt for besiddelse af sprængstoffer og dømt til tre års fængsel i Borstal. Hans første skuespil, "The Quare Fellow", blev opført i Dublin i 1954, og sidenhen har han skrevet flere skuespil, bøger og sange. Brendan Behans erindringer, "En irsk oprører" og "En irsk oprørers bekendelser" fra 1958 og 1961 blev internationale bestsellere.

Kort før sin død fortalte den irske oprører og ballademager Brendan Behan sin livshistorie til forlagskonsulenten Rae Jeffs. Selvom han beretter om slagsmål, drukkenskab og livet som en forhenværende ungdomsforbryder, så sidder man tilbage med et varmt billede af Brendan Behan. Bag den hårde overflade gemte sig en godhjertet, blid dreng, der trods sit vilde liv aldrig blev forhærdet.Den engelske presse skrev:"…en livfuld beskrivelse af hans farverige, larmende og urolige liv…en stærk bog…der er ingen tvivl om, at stemmen er Behans… dette er virkelig Behan – altfavnende, munter, medfølende, ja selv uskyldig, således træffer vi ham her, levende og smittende… de oprørske rå fortællinger er ikke nye, men Behans fantastiske evne til at forme sproget gør denne bog til det bedste epitaf over en irsk legende…"Brendan Behan (1923-1964) var en irsk digter, forfatter, dramatiker og sangskriver. Han var aktiv i IRA, fra han var barn og til sin død i 1964. I 1939 blev han anholdt for besiddelse af sprængstoffer og dømt til tre års fængsel i Borstal. Hans første skuespil, "The Quare Fellow" blev opført i Dublin i 1954, og sidenhen har han skrevet flere skuespil, bøger og sange. Brendan Behans erindringer, "En irsk oprører" og "En irsk oprørers bekendelser", fra blev internationale bestsellere.

novel of an Irish terrorist, a teenage volunteer in the IRA. A fanatical believer, Behan was arrested with explosives at the age of 17 and spent three years locked in a British juvenile borstal. There he begins to wonder, who's really the enemy?Borstal Boy is both a riveting self-portrait and a window into the problems, passions, and heartbreak of Ireland's past. It is also a record of a change of heart. Inside the borstal (reform school), Behan meets British Protestants who are there for reasons of their own. He begins to see that class creates more common ground than he ever believed while religion and nationality are much more superficial divisions between people than he'd ever been taught. Released, Behan returned to Ireland changed though still and a rebel-and became one of that country's most important dramatists with the plays The Quare Fellow, The Hostage, and Richard's Cork Leg.Celebrated for its dialogue and masterful characterization, Borstal Boy has endured as an important document of a time and an artist.

Den berømte IRA-kriger Brendan Behan fortæller om årene, efter han blev løsladt fra ungdomsfængslet Borstal i 1941, hvor han havde afsonet en dom for besiddelse af sprængstoffer. I brudstykker af erindringer hører vi om tiden, inden han blev kendt forfatter og sangskriver, som bød på småjobs, flere fængselsophold, rejser og et væld af værtshusbesøg.Brendan Behan (1923-1964) var en irsk digter, forfatter, dramatiker og sangskriver. Han var aktiv i IRA, fra han var barn og til sin død i 1964. I 1939 blev han anholdt for besiddelse af sprængstoffer og dømt til tre års fængsel i Borstal. Hans første skuespil, "The Quare Fellow" blev opført i Dublin i 1954, og sidenhen har han skrevet flere skuespil, bøger og sange. Brendan Behans erindringer, "En irsk oprører" og "En irsk oprørers bekendelser", fra blev internationale bestsellere.

This work brings together all the theatrical works of the groundbreaking Irish playwright Brendan Behan. As well as containing his famous full-length plays, such as "The Hostage", the book also showcases three intensely autobiographical one-act plays, originally written for radio.

A critical study of author Brendan Behan and his work, through collected letters, correspondence, material from previous publications and personal reminiscences. E.H.Mikhail has published work on other literary figures including "James Joyce: Interviews and Recollections".

A scintillating collection of five plays from the last sixty years of Irish drama featuring work by Behan, Barry, Reid, Murphy, and McDonagh, and introduced by Patrick Lonergan.

This diverse collection is a delightful and entertaining windfall from one of Ireland's most colourful writers. An essential complement to Behan's master works.

An essential text in the development of modern British drama

'I have him bitched, balloxed and bewildered, for there's a system and a science in taking the piss out of a screw and I'm a well-trained man at it.' So writes Brendan Behan, poet, writer and literary legend, of the episode that coloured his life.

The immigration man read my deportation order, looked at it and handed it back to me. Not only is it the last instalment of a unique and unorthodox autobiography, but of a unique and unorthodox life that was as touched with genius as it was with doom.