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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".
O'Neill moved to New York City in 2010. Upon returning to Ireland in 2011, O'Neill began her first novel Only Ever Yours, which was published in 2014.She has since won the Sunday Independent Newcomer of the Year at the 2014 Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards; [2] the Children's Books Ireland Eilís Dillon Award for a First Children's Book; and The Bookseller's inaugural YA Book Prize 2015. [3]
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
In the 1980s, she argued that Irish feminists should fight for better living conditions for the female Republican prisoners at Armagh Prison, because "the suffering of women anywhere cannot be ignored by feminists". [8] [9] Her most notable work is her coverage of the Kerry Babies case that is recorded in her book, A Woman to Blame. [10] [11]
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 ...
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).
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:21st-century Irish writers. It includes Irish writers that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. See also: Category:21st-century Irish male writers
The Country Girls is a trilogy by Irish author Edna O'Brien. It consists of three novels: The Country Girls (1960), The Lonely Girl ( 1962), and Girls in Their Married Bliss (1964). The trilogy was re-released in 1986 in a single volume with a revised ending to Girls in Their Married Bliss and addition of an epilogue.