Irish novelist John McGahern dies

[Fenris]

DUBLIN (AFP) - Ireland's president and prime minister were amonmgst those who paid tribute to John McGahern, one of the country's foremost novelists and short story writers who died in Dublin.

RTE state radio said he died Thursday after a long illness.

Born in Dublin in 1934, McGahern gained notoriety when his second novel, "The Dark," about adolescent sexuality and a repressive society, was banned by the Irish censorship authorities in 1965.

He was subsequently dismissed from his teaching post and moved to London where he worked as a part-time teacher and building labourer.

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[Shine]

1. and may he be in heaven an hour before the devil knows he's dead.

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RIP John.