

by Sebastian Barry

by John McGahern

by Doireann Ni Ghriofa

by Claire Keegan

by Seamus Heaney

by W.B. Yeats

by Samuel Beckett

Claire Keegan is an Irish writer known for her short stories, which have been published in The New Yorker, Best American Short Stories, Granta, and The Paris Review. She is also known for her novellas, two of which have been adapted as films.

John McGahern was an Irish writer and novelist. Known for the detailed dissection of Irish life found in works such as The Barracks, The Dark and Amongst Women.

Doireann Ní Ghríofa is an Irish poet and essayist who writes in both Irish and English.

Sebastian Barry is an Irish novelist, playwright and poet. He was named Laureate for Irish Fiction, 2018–2021. The French government named him a Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres in 2024.

A towering figure of 20th-century literature, W.B. Yeats was an Irish poet, dramatist, and a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923.

A beloved Irish poet and Nobel laureate, Seamus Heaney's work is characterized by its evocation of rural life and his exploration of themes such as nature, memory, and Irish identity.

A Nobel Prize-winning Irish novelist, playwright, and theatre director. A resident of Paris for most of his life, he is renowned for his minimalist and deeply existentialist works like 'Waiting for Godot'.