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Edmund John Millington Synge (/ s ɪ ŋ /; 16 April 1871 – 24 March 1909) was an Irish playwright, poet, writer, collector of folklore, and a key figure in the Irish Literary Revival.
J.M. Synge, leading figure in the Irish literary renaissance, a poetic dramatist of great power who portrayed the harsh rural conditions of the Aran Islands and the western Irish seaboard with sophisticated craftsmanship. Learn more about Synge’s life and work.
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Elaborating on the themes of the isolation and simplicity of the islanders’ lives and the desolation of their landscape, Synge, according to Robin Skelton’s The Writings of J.M. Synge, uncovers the “heroic values” and the “awareness of universal myth” with which the islanders enrich their lives.
May 9, 2019 · When, in 1893, John Millington Synge (16 April 1871 – 24 March 1909) was choosing between musical and literary careers, two seminal documents were published that would profoundly affect his decision and form the character of his subsequent work.
May 21, 2018 · Synge, John Millington (1871–1909) Irish dramatist who was important in the renaissance of Irish literature. Synge was one of the organizers of the Abbey Theatre in 1904, and his comedy The Playboy of the Western World (1907) caused a riot when first performed.
Mar 19, 2021 · 2021 marks 150 years since the birth of the playwright and poet John Millington Synge. Synge’s life may have been short and tragic but it was lived to the full, driven by an open-minded,...
John Millington Synge was born in Rathfarnham, Dublin in 1871 into an evangelical Church of Ireland family who previously owned substantial estates in Co. Wicklow. As a young man, Synge's exposure to the works of Darwin and Marx led him to trade (in his words) the "kingdom of heaven" for the "kingdom of Ireland".
