Edna O’Brien, the prolific Irish author known for her portrayal of women’s lives against repressive expectations in Irish society, has died at the age of 93. Her death was announced by her ...

In a diary entry from May 1967, read by Jessie Buckley at the start of Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story, the subject writes: ...

In her 80th year, Edna O'Brien reflects on the way her turbulent life has shaped her religious beliefs and moral values. Years in self-imposed exile from both her country and her Church did not ...

Handsome, white-bearded Vlad calls himself a poet and healer. He ingratiates himself... Edna O'Brien, Author, Edna O'Brien, Read by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $30 (0p) ISBN 978-0-618-06660-5 ...

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Edna O’Brien is a writer of novels, plays, short stories and poems. Philip Roth has called her “the most gifted woman now writing in English,” and she has received numerous awards ...

Mrs. O’Brien moved to Denver, Colorado in the early 1950s after graduating from Andrew Jackson High School in Jacksonville, Florida in 1950. She became a legal secretary, working for James D.

Edna O’Brien is one of the greatest literary talents and rule breakers of her generation. In 1960, her revolutionary debut novel, The Country Girls, broke down social and sexual barriers for ...

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Irish novelist Edna O'Brien in conversation. As she publishes her latest novel The Little Red Chairs she looks back at her literary career. Show more Long Irish novelist Edna O'Brien in conversation.