# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edward-plunkett-18th-baron-of-dunsany
# Generated: 2026-08-16T11:58:05.399Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/edward-plunkett-18th-baron-of-dunsany"
name: "Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany"
slug: "edward-plunkett-18th-baron-of-dunsany"
description: "Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany, commonly known as Lord Dunsany, was an Anglo-Irish writer and dramatist. He published more than 90 books during his lifetime, and his output consisted of hundreds of short stories, plays, novels, and essays; further works were published posthumously. Having gained a name in the 1910s as a writer in the English-speaking world, he is best known today for the 1924 fantasy novel The King of Elfland's Daughter, and his first book, The Gods of Pegāna, which depicts a fictional pantheon. Many critics feel his early work laid the grounds for the fantasy genre."
tagline: "Irish writer and dramatist (1878-1957)"
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1878-07-24"
deathDate: "1957-10-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
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