Irish writer Edna O’Brien, winner of the 2019 Femina Prize, has died at the age of 93

2024-07-28 19:31:21

The author known for her revolutionary and feminist literary work died “peacefully” on Saturday July 27 “after a long illness”.

Irish author Edna O’Brien, known for her rebellious and feminist literary work, died on Saturday at the age of 93, her representative and publishing house announced on Sunday July 28.

Edna O’Brien died “peacefully on Saturday July 27 after a long illness”, according to a message from her representative Caroline Michel and her publisher, Faber, published on the latter’s X account.

“Edna O’Brien is one of the greatest writers of our time”, “she revolutionized Irish literature, capturing the lives of women and the complexities of the human condition in a light and simple concept, and which had a great influence on so many writers who followed him,” the post continued.

Prix ​​Femina

Irish President Michael D. Higgins described him as “one of the most unique writers of modern times”, paying tribute in a statement to a “tall” writer, who had “the moral courage to confront Irish society with the facts ignored”, “The righteous one who does not fear”.

Twice finalist in France for the foreign prizes of Médicis and Femina for her autobiography “Fille de la campagne” (2013) and her novel “Little Red Chairs” (2016), the Irish woman received the “Award Nabokov for Success in 2018 International”. Literature”, one of the most prestigious American PEN awards, for “breaking the social and sexual barriers set against women in Ireland and well beyond”.

The Femina Award Committee awarded her a special award for her entire career in 2019.

Her first novel, “Les Filles de la Campagne”, the story of the sexual beginnings of two teenage girls, caused a scandal in her native country in 1960. It was banned from the shops in Dublin, and sometimes burn it because of “lack of religion and pornographic image”. The next six would suffer the same fate.

In her war novels, the Irish woman portrays her country as violent and backward. Using her poetic language, she explores the friendship of women who have sacrificed education that is considered shocking and old-fashioned.