Hugh Leonard

Hugh Leonard
Leonard c. 2004
Leonard c. 2004
BornJohn Joseph Byrne
9 November 1926
Dublin, Ireland
Died12 February 2009 (aged 82)
Dalkey, Ireland
OccupationWriter
Notable worksThe Au Pair Man
Da
A Life
SpousePaule Byrne (d. 2000)
Katharine Hayes
Children1
Website
hughleonardplaywright.com

Hugh Leonard (9 November 1926 – 12 February 2009) was an Irish dramatist, television writer, and essayist. In a career that spanned 50 years, Leonard wrote nearly 30 full-length plays, 10 one-act plays, three volumes of essay, two autobiographies, three novels, numerous screenplays and teleplays, and a regular newspaper column.