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[4] [13] His next novel was The Catalans, published in 1953. The review in The New York Times noted O'Brian's accomplishments in Testimonies ; The Catalans was viewed as a series of well-written scenes by an observant author, but the reviewer did not think it held together as a novel.
Josephine Edna O'Brien DBE (15 December 1930 – 27 July 2024) was an Irish novelist, memoirist, playwright, poet and short-story writer.. O'Brien's works often revolve around the inner feelings of women and their problems relating to men and society as a whole.
Fitz James O'Brien (1828–1862, Ireland/US, f/p) Flann O'Brien (1911–1966, Ireland, f/nf) John O'Brien (1878–1952, Australia, p/nf), pseudonym of Patrick Joseph Hartigan; Michael O'Brien (born 1948, Canada, f/nf) Robert C. O'Brien (1918–1973, US, f) Sean O'Brien (born 1952, England, p/nf/d) Sigbjørn Obstfelder (1866–1900, Norway, p/f/nf)
TRIBUTE: The death of Edna O’Brien at the age of 93 brings an end to the long reign of one of Ireland’s greatest writers, who attracted both controversy and adulation throughout her ...
Family and friends of the novelist were among those who gave readings and paid tribute during the service in her native Tuamgraney. ‘Revolutionary’ legacy of Irish writer Edna O’Brien ...
O'Brien attended Synge Street Christian Brothers School, Dublin of which his novel The Hard Life contains a semi-autobiographical depiction. The Christian Brothers in Ireland had a reputation for excessive, prolific and unnecessary use of violence and corporal punishment, [5] [6] [7] which sometimes inflicted lifelong psychological trauma upon their pupils.
Blending evocative archival footage, audio (Jessie Buckley reads her letters and diaries) and new talking-head interviews (including with the likes of Gabriel Byrne, as well as O’Brien herself ...
The Letter of Marque is the twelfth historical novel in the Aubrey–Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian, first published in 1988. The story is set during the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812 . Aubrey faces life off the Navy List, as the captain of a letter of marque, finding heart to endure and train yet another ship's crew, but of volunteers ...