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'''Paul Smith''' (born 1920, [[Dublin]], [[Ireland]] died 1997, Dublin) was an Irish [[writer]] and [[playwright]].▼
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▲'''Paul Smith''' (born4 October 1920, [[Dublin]], [[Ireland]] died– 11 January 1997, Dublin) was an Irish [[writer]] and [[playwright]].
 
==Biography==
Smith was born near Charlemont Street in Dublin, the son of a [[wheelwright]]. He became involved with the [[Gate Theatre]] at 16 years of age. In Ireland he worked as a [[Costume designer|costume maker]] and designer in the [[Abbey Theatre]] and Gate TheatresTheatre, both in Dublin. He went to [[London]] in the 50s and then on to Sweden, where he started writing. He then moved to America and soon after to Australia, where he settled in Melbourne for some years. While there he wrote ''The Countrywoman'' (1962), ''The Stubborn Season'' (1962), and ’Stravanga'''Stravanga'' (1963). He returned to Dublin in 1972 where he remained until he died on 11 January 1997.<ref name=boy>{{cite book |title= A Dictionary of Irish Biography |last= Boylan|first= Henry |year=1999 |publisher= Gill and Macmillan|location= Dublin|isbn= 0-7171-2945-4}}</ref>
[[File:Paul-smith-memorial.jpg|thumb|right|Memorial to Paul Smith, near the Grand Canal, Dublin]]
He was awarded the American Irish Foundation Literary Award in 1978, and was a member of [[Aosdána]], an Irish association of artists.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://aosdana.artscouncil.ie/Members/Literature/Smith-(2).aspx | title=Paul Smith | publisher=Aosdána | work=Former members - Literature | accessdate=18 April 2015}}</ref>
 
==Works==
*Esther’s''Esther's Altar'' (NY: Abelard-Schuman 1959), later reprinted as ''Come Trailing Blood'' (London: Quartet Books 1977)
*''The Stubborn Season'' (London: Heinemann 1961)
*''The Countrywoman'' (London: Heinemann 1962)
*''’Stravanga'' (London: Heinemann 1963)
*''Summer Sang in Me''
*Esther’s''Esther's Altar'', performed in Los Angeles (1978)
 
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