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Edna O'Brien

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born
in Tuamgraney, County Clare, Ireland
December 15, 1930

gender
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Edna O’Brien (b. 1930), an award-winning Irish author of novels, plays, and short stories, has been hailed as one of the greatest chroniclers of the female experience in the twentieth century. She is the 2011 recipient of the Frank O’Connor Prize, awarded for her short story collection Saints and Sinners. She has also received, among other honors, the Irish PEN Award for Literature, the Ulysses Medal from University College Dublin, and a lifetime achievement award from the Irish Literary Academy. Her 1960 debut novel, The Country Girl, was banned in her native Ireland for its groundbreaking depictions of female sexuality. Notable works also include August Is a Wicked Month (1965), A Pagan Place (1970), Lantern Slides (1990), and The Light o...more


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Edna O'Brien's Books

Average rating: 3.62 · 5,200 ratings · 671 reviews · 59 distinct works · Similar authors
The Country Girls Trilogy
3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 627 ratings — published 1986 — 8 editions
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The Country Girls
3.64 of 5 stars 3.64 avg rating — 548 ratings — published 1960 — 20 editions
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In the Forest
3.52 of 5 stars 3.52 avg rating — 497 ratings — published 2002 — 14 editions
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House of Splendid Isolation
3.68 of 5 stars 3.68 avg rating — 378 ratings — published 1994 — 10 editions
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Girl With Green Eyes
3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 339 ratings — published 1962 — 17 editions
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Down by the River
3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 231 ratings — published 1997 — 6 editions
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The Light of Evening
3.22 of 5 stars 3.22 avg rating — 241 ratings — published 2006 — 17 editions
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Saints and Sinners: Stories
3.39 of 5 stars 3.39 avg rating — 209 ratings — published 2011 — 10 editions
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Wild Decembers
3.51 of 5 stars 3.51 avg rating — 200 ratings — published 1999 — 16 editions
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Girls in Their Married Bliss
3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 174 ratings — published 1967 — 11 editions
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The Country Girls Girl With Green Eyes Girls in Their Married Bliss The Country Girls Trilogy
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“When anyone asks me about the Irish character, I say look at the trees. Maimed, stark and misshapen, but ferociously tenacious.”
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“In our deepest moments we say the most inadequate things."

(Sister Imelda)”
― Edna O'Brien, A Fanatic Heart
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“We all leave one another. We die, we change - it's mostly change - we outgrow our best friends; but even if I do leave you, I will have passed on to you something of myself; you will be a different person because of knowing me; it's inescapable...”
― Edna O'Brien, Girl With Green Eyes
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