Edna O'Brien

Josephine Edna O'Brien DBE (15 December 1930 – 27 July 2024) was an Irish novelist, memoirist, playwright, poet and short-story writer. Her career began in 1960 and she retired in 2019.

O'Brien was known for her written works The Country Girls, Girl with Green Eyes, Girls in Their Married Bliss, August Is a Wicked Month, Casualties of Peace, House of Splendid Isolation, Down by the River, Wild Decembers, In the Forest, The Light of Evening, Saints and Sinners, Country Girl and The Little Red Chairs.

Philip Roth once called her the "the most gifted woman now writing in English".^[1] Former President of Ireland Mary Robinson called her "one of the great creative writers of her generation".^[2]

O'Brien was born in Tuamgraney, County Clare, Irish Free State. O'Brien was married to Ernest Gébler from 1954 until they divorced in 1964. They had two children.

Edna O'Brien died in London, England, on 27 July 2024 from a long-illness at the age of 93.^[3]^[4]^[5]

References

↑ O'Brien, Edna (17 January 2009). "Watching Obama". The Daily Beast. Archived from the original on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
↑ Robinson, Mary (29 September 2012). "A life well lived, well told". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
↑ "Irish author Edna O'Brien has died aged 93". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 29 July 2024. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
↑ Higgins, Michael D. "Media Library News Releases". Office of the President of Ireland. Archived from the original on 29 July 2024. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
↑ O'Rourke, Evelyn (28 July 2024). "Acclaimed Irish writer Edna O'Brien dies aged 93". RTÉ. Archived from the original on 29 July 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.

Other websites

Edna O'Brien on IMDb
O'Brien at Clare County Library
Shusha Guppy (Summer 1984). "Edna O'Brien, The Art of Fiction No. 82". The Paris Review. Summer 1984 (92).
"Audio Interview with Edna O'Brien" at WiredForBooks, 22 May 1992
"Lit Chat" at salon.com, 2 December 1995
"You have to be lonely to be a writer" – O'Brien video interview for The Guardian, 7 December 2012
Video recording of O'Brien reads an extract from her autobiography Country Girl
Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University: O'Brien papers, circa 1939-2000
Edna O'Brien and the Art of Fiction by Maureen O'Connor (Bucknell University Press 2021).

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[barack_the_beast-1] O'Brien, Edna (17 January 2009). "Watching Obama". The Daily Beast. Archived from the original on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2012.

[2] Robinson, Mary (29 September 2012). "A life well lived, well told". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2012.

[3] "Irish author Edna O'Brien has died aged 93". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 29 July 2024. Retrieved 2024-07-28.

[:0-4] Higgins, Michael D. "Media Library News Releases". Office of the President of Ireland. Archived from the original on 29 July 2024. Retrieved 2024-07-28.

[5] O'Rourke, Evelyn (28 July 2024). "Acclaimed Irish writer Edna O'Brien dies aged 93". RTÉ. Archived from the original on 29 July 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.

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