Edna O'Brien
Autor/a de The Little Red Chairs
Sobre l'autor
Writer Edna O'Brien was born in Clare County, Ireland, in 1930 and attended Pharmaceutical College in Dublin. O'Brien, winner of the Kingsley Amis Award, the Los Angeles Times Book Price and the European Literature Prize, has written short stories, novels, plays, television plays and screenplays. mostra'n més She has also written for such magazines as Cosmopolitan, Ladies Home Journal and The New Yorker. (Bowker Author Biography) Edna O'Brien's previous works of fiction include "Down by the River", "House of Splendid Isolation", "Time & Tide", & "Lantern Slides", which won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for fiction. Her book about James Joyce was published in 1999 & excerpted in "The New Yorker". An honorary member of the American Academy of Arts & Letters, O'Brien grew up in Ireland & now lives in London. (Publisher Provided) mostra'n menys
Crèdit de la imatge: Edna O'Brien, pictured in 1968.
Sèrie
Obres de Edna O'Brien
The Love Object [short story] 2 exemplars
Sister Imelda 2 exemplars
Flickor i k̃tenskapets hamn 1 exemplars
Casualties of Peace 1 exemplars
Mortifications (ROBERTSON) 1 exemplars
A Journey 1 exemplars
Il libro (in Oggetto d'amore) 1 exemplars
Le signorine Connor (in Oggetto d'amore) 1 exemplars
In the Hours of Darkness 1 exemplars
Heiligen en zondaars 1 exemplars
Una donna scandalosa (in Oggetto d'amore) 1 exemplars
Fiore nero (in Oggetto d'amore) 1 exemplars
Il tappeto (in Oggetto d'amore) 1 exemplars
La Bestiola (in Oggetto d'amore) 1 exemplars
La bambola (in Oggetto d'amore) 1 exemplars
Numero dieci (in Oggetto d'amore) 1 exemplars
La bocca della caverna (in Oggetto d'amore) 1 exemplars
La vedova (in Oggetto d'amore) 1 exemplars
Peccatori (in Oggetto d'amore) 1 exemplars
Ante-room 1 exemplars
Obres associades
The Condé Nast Traveler Book of Unforgettable Journeys: Great Writers on Great Places (2007) — Col·laborador — 253 exemplars
The Pleasure of Reading: 43 Writers on the Discovery of Reading and the Books that Inspired Them (2015) — Col·laborador — 82 exemplars
Who's Writing This? Notations on the Authorial I, with Self-Portraits {not Antæus} (1995) — Col·laborador — 72 exemplars
About Women: An Anthology of Contemporary Fiction, Poetry, and Essays (1973) — Col·laborador — 26 exemplars
Antaeus No. 64/65, Spring/Autumn 1990 - Twentieth Anniversary Issue (1990) — Col·laborador — 12 exemplars
* De Provence Lege Artis: Verhalen uit het land van Van Gogh — Col·laborador — 1 exemplars
Im Zeichen der Venus. Frauen schreiben erotische Geschichten ( Anthologie). (1985) — Col·laborador — 1 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom normalitzat
- O'Brien, Edna
- Nom oficial
- O'Brien, Josephine Edna
- Data de naixement
- 1930-12-15
- Gènere
- female
- Nacionalitat
- Ireland
- Lloc de naixement
- Tuamgraney, County Clare, Ireland
- Llocs de residència
- Tuamgraney, County Clare, Ireland
London, England, UK - Educació
- Convent of Mercy, Loughrea
Pharmaceutical College of Dublin - Professions
- novelist
playwright
pharmacist - Relacions
- Gébler, Ernest (ex-husband)
Gebler, Carlo (son) - Organitzacions
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (Foreign Honorary, Literature, 1987)
Aosdána - Premis i honors
- Irish Book Award Lifetime Achievement (2009)
- Agent
- Robert Lescher (Lescher & Lescher ∙ Ltd.)
Ed Victor
Membres
Ressenyes
Llistes
Revolutions (1)
Europe (2)
Irish writers (2)
Premis
Potser també t'agrada
Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 82
- També de
- 28
- Membres
- 9,145
- Popularitat
- #2,626
- Valoració
- 3.6
- Ressenyes
- 234
- ISBN
- 567
- Llengües
- 20
- Preferit
- 18
This is the poster boy for the Romantic Movement and possibly the first celebrity in the modern sense. This is the man your kids are studying in those demure liberal arts colleges in New England. And like modern celebrities, he got away with it all.
In "Byron in Love," Edna O'Brien captures much of the hero worship that accompanied him from his early 20's right up until his death after catching a cold at 37.
Although he was born into wealth, a libertine father drove his family into poverty. Then, with the death of an heirless uncle, he inherited the title and accompanying wealth. At the age of 10! Sort of like winning the lottery. In a big way.
Already in his teens he fathered a bastard, compensated for a birth deformity by learning how to fight with his fists at boarding school, and keep within close reach a boxing coach. Bully? You might say that.
He took his seat in the House of Lords and made a few speeches championing liberal causes. And he was always one step ahead of his creditors. Of which there were many.
And he wrote. For the day, he wrote shocking and shockingly beautiful poetry. And this drove the girls (and the boys) crazy. So crazy in fact, the Pope sent spies to trail him during his years in Italy seducing maidens and matrons alike.… (més)