| Paul Smith | |
| Birth Date: | 4 October 1920 |
| Birth Place: | Dublin, Ireland |
| Death Place: | Dublin, Ireland |
| Language: | Playwright |
| Nationality: | Irish |
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Paul Smith (4 October 1920, Dublin, Ireland – 11 January 1997, Dublin) was an Irish writer and playwright.
Smith was born near Charlemont Street in Dublin, the son of a wheelwright. He became involved with the Gate Theatre at 16 years of age. In Ireland he worked as a costume maker and designer in the Abbey Theatre and Gate Theatre, both in Dublin. He went to London in the 50s and then on to Sweden, where he started writing. He then moved to America and soon after to Australia, where he settled in Melbourne for some years. While there he wrote The Countrywoman (1962), The Stubborn Season (1962), and Stravanga (1963). He returned to Dublin in 1972 where he remained until he died on 11 January 1997.[1] He was awarded the American Irish Foundation Literary Award in 1978, and was a member of Aosdána, an Irish association of artists.[2]