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A paperback first edition , 1967, Mercier Press, of Brian Cleeve's Dictionary of Irish Writers ( the first book , covering Irish fiction authors) - one of the first comprehensove books on the subject, aimed at a wide audience as a reference work. The book provides biographical sketches and lists the principal works of more than 500 Irish writers, poets , novelsist, dramatists and short story writers 'whose minds and work have been shaped by Ireland' - ranging in time from the late 13th century - from Michael of Kildare who wrote the first known Anglo Irish poetry to the time of writing in the mid 1960's. It covers Irish authors writing in English only.
Light tanning to page block, otherwise clean and unmarked.
