Edna O’Brien, whose books were initially banned in Ireland but gained international acclaim, died Saturday after a long illness. She was 93 and her death was confirmed by her publisher, Faber, and the ...

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Irish writer Edna O'Brien died Saturday at the age of 93 after a long illness. O'Brien sparked controversy in Ireland for the way she wrote about women's lives and relationships, as NPR's Isabella ...

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: “Ah, the trees, how tortured they are. If anyone has to ask me about the ...

NEW YORK — Edna O’Brien, Ireland’s literary pride and outlaw who scandalized her native land with her debut novel “The Country Girls” before gaining international acclaim as a storyteller and ...

Tributes poured in on Sunday for Edna O'Brien, the radical Irish writer whose groundbreaking first novel "The Country Girls" was burned and banned in her native country, after her death at 93. "She ...

On the trail of Ralph Fiennes in 1990s Manhattan, the esteemed novelist pays a visit to a burlesque club. By Giulia Melucci I was terrified the first time I had to pick up the phone to call Edna ...

FILE - Edna O'Brien attends the Broadway opening of "Breakfast at Tiffany's" on Wednesday, March 20, 2013 in New York. OBrien, one of the worlds most admired and controversial writers who scandalized ...

NEW YORK — Edna O’Brien, Ireland’s literary pride and outlaw who scandalized her native land with her debut novel “The Country Girls” before gaining international acclaim as a storyteller and ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Edna O’Brien, Ireland’s literary pride and outlaw who scandalized her native land with her debut novel “The Country Girls” before gaining international acclaim as a storyteller and ...