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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Edna_O'BrienEdna O'Brien - Wikipedia

    Edna O'Brien was an Irish novelist, memoirist, playwright, poet and short-story writer. She wrote about sexual and social issues, and was banned and denounced in Ireland for her first novel, The Country Girls.

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  4. www.bbc.co.uk › news › articlesObituary: Edna O'Brien, the controversial Irish novelist - BBC

    28 July 2024. Edna O'Brien was the woman who scandalised Catholic Ireland. Her book The Country Girls was banned, burned and denounced from the pulpit in her native country. But she...

  5. www.nytimes.com › 2024/07/28 › obituariesEdna O’Brien, Writer Who Gave Voice to Women’s Passions, Dies at...

    Jul 28, 2024 · Edna O’Brien, the prolific Irish author whose evocative and explicit stories of loves lost earned her a literary reputation that matched the darkly complex lives of her tragic heroines, died on...

  6. www.bbc.com › news › articles'Fearless' Irish author Edna O'Brien dies aged 93 - BBC

    Jul 28, 2024 · Acclaimed Irish author, Edna O'Brien, has died at the age of 93. Her literary agent, PFD, and publisher, Faber, said she died peacefully on Saturday after a long illness.

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  7. www.irishtimes.com › obituaries › 2024/07/28Edna O’Brien obituary: flamboyant, fearless, and outspoken Irish...

    Jul 28, 2024 · The Irish-born, London-based novelist, short-story writer, playwright and screenwriter, Edna O’Brien has died aged 93. A flamboyant, fearless, outspoken and often controversial figure, O’Brien...

  8. www.bbc.com › news › articlesIrish writer Edna O'Brien dies aged 93 - BBC

    Jul 28, 2024 · The acclaimed Irish writer Edna O'Brien has died following a long illness, her publisher has announced. In a statement posted to social media, Faber said that O'Brien died peacefully on...

  9. www.nytimes.com › 2024/07/28 › booksEdna O’Brien: An Appreciation - The New York Times

    Jul 28, 2024 · Decades before Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan novels, the Irish writer Edna O’Brien — who died at 93 on July 27 — provided her own searing portraits of an oppressive, violent society seen through...