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Location: Lecture Theatre 1, University of East Anglia

Date: 7pm   24 Oct 2012

Speaker: Edna O'Brien

Ticket Price: Season Ticket: £49 (£42 students/concessions) / Individual Tickets: £7 sold out

EDNA O’BRIEN, a multiple award-winning writer, was born in County Clare in 1930. She published her first novel, The Country Girls, in 1960. This was to form part of a trilogy. Since then not only has she written a string of successful novels but she has also published poetry, drama, short stories and two biographies, one of James Joyce and one of Byron. Her latest book, Country Girl, is a memoir.

Read more....

Edna O'Brien - British Council Literature

Edna O'Brien at 80 - The Telegraph, 29 November 2011

Edna O'Brien wins Frank O'Conner prize - The Guardian, 19 September 2011

Interview with Edna O'Brien - The Guardian, 17 January 2011

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