Writing · Theatre Play · Writer · Screenplay
Born Jan 9, 1929 · Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, UK
Active 1967–2015 · Awards: Irish PEN Award, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Tony Award for Best Play, AWB Vincent Literary Award
Brian Patrick Friel was an Irish dramatist, short story writer and founder of the Field Day Theatre Company. He had been considered one of the greatest living English-language dramatists.