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Sarah Crossan is an Irish author. She is best known for her books for young adults, including Apple and Rain and One , for which she has won several awards. Biography
She also wrote a novel entitled Give them Stones (1987), and several children's books including Orla was Six, Orla at School, A Family Tree, and Hannah, or the Pink Balloons. References [ edit ]
White is from Dublin and studied Sculpture at National College of Art and Design. [1] She is the daughter of Sunday Independent columnist and features editor Mary O'Sullivan and Kevin Linehan, who was head of entertainment for RTÉ. [2]
Mabel Sharman Crawford (1820–1912), an Irish adventurer, feminist and writer; Isabella Valancy Crawford (1846–1887), Irish-born Canadian poet, short story writer, novelist; Máirín Cregan (1891–1975), nationalist and writer; Elizabeth Christitch (1861–January 26, 1933) Irish journalist, writer, poet, translator and Serbian patriot
Sally Rooney (born 20 February 1991) is an Irish author and screenwriter. She has published four novels: Conversations with Friends (2017), Normal People (2018), Beautiful World, Where Are You (2021), and Intermezzo (2024).
Eavan Aisling Boland [1] (/ iː ˈ v æ n ˈ æ ʃ l ɪ ŋ ˈ b oʊ l ə n d / ee-VAN ASH-ling BOH-lənd; [2] 24 September 1944 – 27 April 2020) was an Irish poet, author, and professor. She was a professor at Stanford University, where she had taught from 1996. [3] [4] Her work deals with the Irish national identity, and the role of women in ...
Donoghue's first novel was 1994's Stir Fry, a contemporary coming of age novel about a young Irish woman discovering her sexuality. [13] It was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award in 1994. [7] This was followed in 1995 by Hood, another contemporary story, this time about an Irish woman coming to terms with the death of her girlfriend. [13]
Irish president Michael D. Higgins, also a writer and poet, wrote: "Through that deeply insightful work, rich in humanity, Edna O'Brien was one of the first writers to provide a true voice to the experiences of women in Ireland in their different generations and played an important role in transforming the status of women across Irish society".