J. P. Donleavy

Novelist, playwright, essayist (1926-2017).

Born April 23rd, 1926 in Brooklyn. [ref]

Died September 11th, 2017 at 91 years old in Mullingar (stroke). [ref]

Occupations
non-fiction writer, novelist, playwright, writer
Wikipedia

Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride! Hunter S. Thompson