List of writers of Northern Ireland
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This is a list of writers born or have lived in Northern Ireland.
A
Claire Allan
B
- Tony Bailie (born 1962)
- Colin Bateman (born 1962)
- Ronan Bennett (born 1956)
- Maureen Boyle (born 1961)
- Kenneth Branagh (born 1960)
- Colette Bryce (born 1970)
- Eve Bunting (born 1928)
- James Burke (born 1936)
- Anna Burns (born 1962)
C
- Lucy Caldwell (born 1982)
- Joseph Campbell (1879–1944)
- William Carleton (novelist) (1794–1869)
- Thomas Carnduff (1886–1956)
- Ciarán Carson (born 1948)
- Joyce Cary (1888–1957)
- James Cousins (1873–1956)
- Mairtín Crawford (1967–2004)
- Sam Cree (1928–1980)
- Martin Crilly (born 1969)
- Eric Cross (1905–1980)
D
- Gerald Dawe (born 1952)
- Seamus Deane (born 1940)
- Anne Devlin (born 1951)
- Richard Doherty
- Charles Donnelly (1914–1937)
- John Dougherty (born 1964)
- Garbhan Downey
E
- St. John Greer Ervine (1883–1971)
F
- Padraic Fiacc (born 1924)
- Leontia Flynn (born 1974)
- Brendan Foley (born 1964)
- Brian Friel (born 1929)
G
- Robert Greacen (born 1920)
H
- Sam Hanna Bell (1909 – 1990)
- Francis Harvey (born 1925)
- Seamus Heaney (1939 – 2013)
- John Hewitt (1907–1987)
- Gareth Higgins (born 1975)
- Bulmer Hobson (1882–1969)
J
- Carolyn Jess-Cooke (born 1978)
- Fred Johnston (born 1951)
K
- Brian Keenan (born 1950)
- Brian Kennedy (born 1966)
- Benedict Kiely (1919-2007)
L
- Nick Laird (born 1975)
- Maurice Leitch (born 1933)
- Clive Staples Lewis (1898–1963)
- Antonia Logue (born 1972)
- Michael Longley (born 1939)
- Robert Wilson Lynd (1879–1949)
M
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- Bernard MacLaverty (born 1942)
- Louis MacNeice (1907–1963)
- Deirdre Madden (born 1960)
- Derek Mahon (born 1941)
- Owen McCafferty (born 1961)
- Eamonn McCann (born 1943)
- Hugh McFadden
- Roy McFadden (1921–1999)
- Medbh McGuckian (born 1950)
- Christina McKenna
- Gerard McKeown (1980)
- Adrian McKinty
- David McKittrick (born 1949)
- Nigel McLoughlin (born 1968)
- George McWhirter(born 1939)
- Eoin McNamee (born 1961)
- Sam Millar (born 1955)
- Alice Milligan (1865–1953)
- Gary Mitchell (born 1965)
- Brian Moore (1921–1999)
- Sinéad Morrissey (born 1972)
- Danny Morrison (born 1953)
- Paul Muldoon (born 1951)
- Paul Murray (born 1947)
- Felicity McCall (born 1957)
N
O
- Flann O'Brien (1911–1966)
- Conor O'Callaghan (born 1968)
- Malachi O'Doherty (born 1951)
- Moira O'Neill (1864-1955)
- Séamus Ó Néill (1910–1986)
- Frank Ormsby (born 1947)
P
- Stewart Parker (1941–1988)
- Glenn Patterson (born 1961)
- Tom Paulin (born 1945)
- William Peskett (born 1952)
Q
R
- Zane Radcliffe
- Christina Reid
- Forrest Reid (1875–1947)
- Graham Reid (born 1945)
- Amanda McKittrick Ross (1860–1939)
- Richard Rowley (1877–1947)
- George William Russell (1867–1935)
S
- Bob Shaw (1931–1996)
- George Shiels (1886–1949)
- James Simmons (1933–2001)
- Geoffrey Squires (born 1942)
T
- Gerald J. Tate (born 1954)
- Sam Thompson (1916–1965)
- Joseph Tomelty (1911–1995)
W
- James White (1928–1999)
- Robert McLiam Wilson (born 1964)
Y
- Ella Young (1865–1951)
References
- Irish Playography
- The Encyclopaedia of Ireland, Gill and Macmillan, Dublin, 2003
- Irish Writers Online
- Culture Northern Ireland
- Arts Council of Northern Ireland