What is John Millington Synge?
{{Infobox person | name = John Millington Synge | image = John Millington Synge.jpg | caption = John Millington Synge | birthname = Edmund John Millington Synge | birth_date = {{Birth date|1871|4|16|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Rathfarnham]], [[County Dublin]], Ireland | death_date = {{death date and age|1909|3|24|1871|4|16|df=y}} | death_place = Elpis Nursing Home, Dublin, Ireland | occupation = Novelist, short story writer, playwright, poet, essayist | nationality = [[Irish people|Irish]] | known_for = Drama, [[prose|fictional prose]] | movement = [[Irish Folklore|Folklore]]<br>[[Irish Literary Revival]] }} '''Edmund John Millington Synge''' (16 April 1871 – 24 March 1909) was an Irish playwright, poet, prose writer, travel writer and collector of folklore. He is best known for his play ''The Playboy of the Western World''. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.livingedition.at/en/titles/hutchie/|title=Hutchie - Living Edition|website=www.livingedition.at|access-date=2019-08-13}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} {{Commons category|John Millington Synge}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Synge, John Millington}} [[Category:1871 births]] [[Category:1909 deaths]] [[Category:Irish poets]] [[Category:Irish playwrights]] [[Category:People from County Dublin]] {{bio-stub}}