John B. Keane

Irish playwright, novelist and essayist (1928–2002)

Person Human Q1398498

Facts

18 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[13]
Date of birth: July 21, 1928
Date of death: May 30, 2002
Place of birth: Listowel
Place of death: Listowel
Country of citizenship: Ireland^[8]
Occupation: novelist, writer, playwright
Educated at: St. Michael's College, Listowel^[9]
Award received: Irish PEN Award, AWB Vincent Literary Award^[11]^[12]
Notable work: The Field^[10]
Sibling: Eamonn Keane^[21]
Cause of death: prostate cancer^[14]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English, Irish^[19]^[20]
Documentation files at: SAPA Foundation, Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts^[22]
Family name: Keane^[15]
Given name: John, Brendan^[16]^[17]
Manner of death: natural causes^[18]

🏷️ Also known as

en John Brendan Keane en John Keane en John B. Keane ar جون بي. كيني de John Brendan Keane it John Brendan Keane nl John B Keane ru Джон Б. Кин zh 約翰·B·基恩

🔖 Identifiers · 45

ISNI: 0000000114550909
VIAF cluster ID: 110538924
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n50046390
GND ID: 119185504
AINM ID: 1552
Aosdána ID: Literature/Keane
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE): KeaneJohnB1928-2002
CANTIC ID: 981058515561106706
Cyprus University of Technology ID: 93466
DDB person (GND) ID: 119185504
Databazeknih.cz author ID: 46793
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 119185504

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Dictionary of Irish Biography ID: 004403
Discogs artist ID: 1316137
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: biography/John-Brendan-Keane
FAST ID: 1435069
FID performing arts ID: agent/gnd_119185504
Freebase ID: /m/043_nw
HAND ID: 7AB3-A312-528C-B6FC-14DC
IDU person ID: 23590
IMDb ID: nm0443865
IdRef ID: 081299680
Irish playography person ID: 34741
J9U entity ID: 987007358156605171
Kallías ID: PE00478365
Kinobox person ID: 874009
Libris-URI: 42gkpv3n44wmp0f
Literature Ireland ID: 158
MYmovies person ID: 139110
MusicBrainz artist ID: fba4ad7f-aa48-4c98-b0e3-00e0f8044ea2
NL CR AUT ID: xx0077448
NUKAT ID: n2004033163
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 097496979
Open Library ID: OL73860A
Oxford Reference overview ID: 20110803100031877
Pontifical University of Salamanca ID: 1452828
Prabook ID: 1305894
SELIBR ID: 302810
SNAC ARK ID: w6933qrb
SPAP ID: a/59e92ab4-5877-4851-8099-52be74d4f205
University of Barcelona authority ID: 981058515561106706
University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme): a1288437
WikiTree person ID: Keane-748
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJpJ9c6PXVPXkBXb8g69Xd
Yale LUX ID: person/6e26c71c-2dff-4fbb-9d56-fb1c4847e083

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Occupation 3

writer, playwright, novelist

Given name 2

John, Brendan

Languages spoken, written or signed 2

English, Irish

Award received 1

Irish PEN Award

Cause of death 1

prostate cancer

Country of citizenship 1

Ireland

Instance of 1

human

Manner of death 1

natural causes

Place of birth 1

Listowel

Place of death 1

Listowel

Sex or gender 1

male

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The Field

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Summary

John B. Keane was born on July 21, 1928^[1], in Listowel^[2]. He died on May 30, 2002^[3], in Listowel^[4]. He worked as a novelist^[5], writer^[6], and playwright^[7].

FAQs

Where was John B. Keane born?

John B. Keane was born in Listowel^[2].

Where did John B. Keane die?

John B. Keane died in Listowel^[4].

What did John B. Keane do for work?

John B. Keane worked as a novelist^[5], writer^[6], and playwright^[7].

Where did John B. Keane go to school?

John B. Keane was educated at St. Michael's College, Listowel^[9].

What awards did John B. Keane receive?

Honors received include Irish PEN Award^[11] and AWB Vincent Literary Award^[12].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ John B. Keane — place of birth (P19): Listowel. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ John B. Keane — place of death (P20): Listowel. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ John B. Keane — sex or gender (P21): male. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2024-07-09. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ John B. Keane — country of citizenship (P27): Ireland. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ John B. Keane — educated at (P69): St. Michael's College, Listowel. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ John B. Keane — occupation (P106): novelist. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ John B. Keane — occupation (P106): writer. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ John B. Keane — occupation (P106): playwright. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ John B. Keane — award received (P166): Irish PEN Award. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ John B. Keane — award received (P166): AWB Vincent Literary Award. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ John B. Keane — cause of death (P509): prostate cancer. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ John B. Keane — date of birth (P569): July 21, 1928. IMDb. Retrieved 2015-08-13. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ John B. Keane — date of death (P570): May 30, 2002. IMDb. Retrieved 2015-08-13. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ John B. Keane — family name (P734): Keane. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ John B. Keane — given name (P735): John. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ John B. Keane — given name (P735): Brendan. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ John B. Keane — notable work (P800): The Field. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ John B. Keane — manner of death (P1196): natural causes. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ John B. Keane — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ John B. Keane — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): Irish. An Bunachar Náisiúnta Beathaisnéisí Gaeilge. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ John B. Keane — sibling (P3373): Eamonn Keane. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ John B. Keane — documentation files at (P10527): SAPA Foundation, Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts. performing-arts.ch. Retrieved 2022-08-30. wikidata.org.

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9d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-10-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Discogs artist ID → 1316137

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Country of citizenship → Ireland

Notable work → The Field

Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID → biography/John-Brendan-Keane

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