AKA James Patrick Donleavy

Born: 23-Apr-1926
Birthplace: Brooklyn, NY
Died: 11-Sep-2017
Location of death: Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland
Cause of death: Stroke

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Novelist, Playwright

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: The Ginger Man

Military service: US Navy (WWII)

Resides in Westmeath, Ireland.

Father: Patrick John Dunleavy (later changed to Donleavy)
Mother: Margaret
Sister: Mary Rita Donleavy
Brother: Thomas (d. 2016)
Wife: Valerie Heron (div. 1969, one daughter, one son)
Daughter: Rebecca Donleavy (actually the daughter of Kieran Guinness)
Son: Rory Donleavy (actually the son of Finn Guinness)
Wife: Mary Wilson Price (div. 1989, one daughter, one son)
Daughter: Karen
Son: Philip

    High School: Fordham Preparatory Academy, New York (expelled)
    University: Trinity College Dublin

    Expelled from School
    Naturalized Irish Citizen 1967
    Irish Ancestry

Author of books:
The Ginger Man (1955, novel)
A Singular Man (1963, novel)
The Saddest Summer of Samuel S. (1966, novella)
The Onion Eaters (1971, novel)
The Plays of J. P. Donleavy (1972, drama)
A Fairy Tale of New York (1973, novel)
The Destinies of Darcy Dancer, Gentleman (1977, novel)
Schultz (1979, novel)
Leila (1983, novel)
De Alphonse Tennis: The Superlative Game of Eccentric Champions (1984, nonfiction)
Are You Listening Rabbi L�w (1987, novel)
That Darcy, That Dancer, That Gentleman (1990, novel)
The History of the Ginger Man (1994, memoir)
Wrong Information is Being Given Out at Princeton (1998, novel)

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