Irish prose fiction the literary technique known as "stream of consciousness", best exemplified in his famous work "Ulysses". Joyce also wrote "Finnegans Wake", "Dubliners", and the semi-autobiographical "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man". "Ulysses", often considered to be the greatest novel of the 20th century, is the story of a day in the life of a city, Dublin. "Finnegans Wake" is written in an invented language which parodies English, Irish and Latin. Samuel Beckett (1906–1989), who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969, was born in Dublin but later moved to France. He wrote thereafter in French and English.
James Crawford (playwright) Wattle Dance Group. In 1969, Crawford created a play titled the "Billets or Badges" for the Queensland Centenary celebrations. This play was about the famous Tramways Strike in Brisbane during 1912 and made quite an impact among the audience. The last full-length play that Jim Crawford wrote was "The Cavern and the Tavern". Jim Crawford died on 11 November 1973 of myocardial infarction in the Greenslopes Respiration Hospital. He had no children but was survived by his wife, Pamela. Crawford was known for his good humour which was aimed at the enemies of the workers. Jim Crawford was a Realist