Irish writer Edna O'Brien, known for her rebellious and feminist literary work, died on Saturday at the age of 93, her publishing house announced today.
Edna O'Brien died "peacefully on Saturday, July 27 after a long illness," according to a message from her agent Caroline Michel and her publishing house Faber.
"Edna O'Brien was one of the greatest writers of our time. She revolutionized Irish literature, describing the lives of women and the complexities of the human condition in prose that was brilliant and simple and had a profound influence on many writers," he says. in the announcement.
Irish President Michael D. Higgins described her as "one of the most extraordinary writers of modern times", paying tribute to "a superb author, gifted with the moral courage to confront the long-neglected realities of Irish society".
Higgins added that she was a "fearless truth teller".
Twice a finalist in France for the Medisi and Femina awards for her autobiography "The Village Girl" (2013) and the novel "Little Red Chairs" (2016), the Irish woman received the Nabokov Literary Award of the American PEN Center in 2018 for "breaking down social and sexual barriers raised against women in Ireland and beyond".
In 2019, the jury of the Femina Award awarded her a special award for her entire literary work.
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