biography
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O'Brien, (Josephine) Edna
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| lived:
| (1930– )
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| biography:
| Novelist and short-story writer, born in Tuamgraney, Co Clare, W Ireland. She studied at the Pharmaceutical College of Dublin, and practised pharmacy briefly before becoming a writer. Much of her writing is concerned with the position of women in society - their lack of fulfilment and the repressive nature of their upbringing. Her celebrated books include The Country Girls (1960), Girls in Their Married Bliss (1963), and August Is a Wicked Month (1965). The Collected Edna O'Brien, containing nine novels, was published in 1978. Later works include Time and Tide (1992), House of Splendid Isolation (1994), Down by the River (1996), and Wild Decembers (1999). Her short stories are also highly regarded, the best from several collections appearing in The Fanatic Heart (1985), and in 1990 she published Lantern Slides. |
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