John B. Keane was born on July 21, 1928 in Listowel, Kerry, Ireland. He was a writer, known for The Field (1990) and Durango (1999). He was married to Mary O'Connor. He died on May 30, 2002 in Listowel.
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I was writing about people I knew, people who lived about two miles from Listowel, and that I'd grown up with. They're all gone now, but they made me their spokesperson and I felt a responsibility to tell their story, to preserve a wonderful tradition in written form.
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