Themes - Her works often revolve around the inner feelings of women, and their problems in relating to men, and to society as a whole
First novel -The Country Girls, is credited with breaking silence on sexual matters and social issues during a repressive period in Ireland following World War II
She received the Irish PEN Award in 2001
Saints and Sinners won the 2011 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, the world's richest prize for a short story collection
Faber and Faber published her memoir, Country Girl, in 2012
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What users say about Edna O'Brien
Aznvik Madadi: Brilliant writer. I particularly enjoyed her âThe Girl with Green Eyesâ. [email protected](November 06, 2020)Reply »
Aznvik Madadi: Brilliant writer. I particularly enjoyed her âgirl with Green Eyesâ (November 06, 2020)Reply »
Quotes
On ambition: In dreams begins responsibility
On growth: I am shedding the past. It comes off me like scales.
On writing: Always, both when I started and now, to me writing is a covert act.