Francis "Heno" Magee (1939 – 27 December 2016) was an Irish playwright best known for the play ''Hatchet''. He was the recipient of the first
Rooney Prize for Irish Literature
The Rooney Prize for Irish Literature was created in 1976 by the Irish American businessman Dan Rooney, owner and chairman of the NFL Pittsburgh Steelers franchise and former US Ambassador to Ireland. The prize is awarded to Irish writers aged ...
, awarded in 1976. He died in
Dublin
Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 c ...
on 27 December 2016 aged 77.
References
External links
Heno Mageeat The Gallery Press
1939 births
2016 deaths
Irish dramatists and playwrights
Irish male dramatists and playwrights
People from County Dublin
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