Edna O'Brien

Edna O'Brien ( * December 15 1930 in Tuamgraney, County Clare ) is an Irish writer.

Life

Edna O'Brien, daughter of Michael and Lena O'Brien, visited the Convent of Mercy in Dublin and the Pharmaceutical College in Scarriff the National School, Loughrea. Only a short time she worked as a pharmacist. In 1951, she married Ernest Gebler, a Czech- Irish writer with whom she moved to London in 1959. The marriage ended in divorce in 1967. They have two children; a son is the writer Carlo Gebler. O'Brien is a member of Aosdána.

Reception

O'Brien's first novel was The Country Girls, 1960 ( German: The five -year-olds, 1961). This book and two sequels, The Lonely Girl (1962 ) and Girls in Their Married Bliss (1964 ), made ​​in Ireland such a sensation that they were banned and burned the copies.

Works (selection)

  • My Ireland ( "Mother Ireland" ). Dtv, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-423-12653-1.
  • Byron in Love. A Short Daring Life. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London 2009, ISBN 978-0-297-85553-8.
  • James Joyce. Biography ( " James Joyce "). Claassen, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-546-00224-5.
  • The house of my dreams. Stories ("A Fanatic Heart" ). Piper, Munich, 1987, ISBN 3-492-03058-0.
  • Lantern Slides. Short stories. Penguin Books, London, 1991, ISBN 0-14-014327-0.
  • The object of love. Stories ( "The Love Object "). Fischer paperback publishing house, Frankfurt / M. 1975, ISBN 3-436-02042-7.
  • Mistress Reinhardt dreams of Numero ten. Narratives ( "Mrs Reinhardt and Other Stories "). Dtv, Munich 1982, ISBN 3-423-01739-2.
  • Returning. Tales. Phoenix Books, London 1982, ISBN 0-75380-534-0.
  • A rose in the heart. Stories ("A rose in this heart" ). dtv, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-423-10135-0.
  • A Scandalous Woman and Other Stories. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1990, ISBN 0-297-79715-8.
  • Some Irish Loving. A selection. Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, 1981 ISBN 0-14-004982-7.
  • Riverside. Roman ( " Down by the River "). dtv, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-423-13027- X.
  • Country Girls trilogy.
  • The lonely house. Roman ( "House of Splendid Isolation "). dtv, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-423-12511- X.
  • The High Road. A novel. Penguin Books, London, 1989, ISBN 0-14-011326-6.
  • In the forest. Novel ("In the Forest" ). Hoffmann & Campe, Hamburg 2003, ISBN 3-455-05727-6.
  • In the long nights. Roman ( "Night "). Piper, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-492-22908-5.
  • Johnny, I hardly knew you. Roman ( "Johnny I Hardly Knew You" ). Fischer paperback publishing house, Frankfurt / M. 1980, ISBN 3-596-22473- X (formerly Title I hardly knew him ).
  • The vicious month. Roman ( " August Is a Wicked Month" ). Rowohlt, Reinbek 1970.
  • On the Bone. Greville Press, Warwick, 1989, ISBN 0-906887-38-0.
  • A Pagan Place. A novel. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1990, ISBN 0-297-79717-4 ( Nachdr d ed London 1970).
  • Suddenly, in the most beautiful peace. Roman ( " Casualties of Peace "). Diogenes Verlag, Zurich 1994, ISBN 3-257-21017-5.
  • The rough country. Roman ( "Wild Decembers "). Hoffmann & Campe, Hamburg 2001, ISBN 3-455-05726-8.
  • X, Y & Zee, or your girlfriend is adorable. Roman ( " Zee & Co. "). Diogenes Verlag, Zurich 1972, ISBN 3-257-01492-9.
  • Time and Tide. Roman ( " Time and Tide "). Dtv, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-423-12204-8.
  • Triptych and Iphigenia. Two Plays. Grove Press, New York 2004, ISBN 0-8021-4154-4.
  • Virginia. Fischer paperback publishing house, Frankfurt / M. 1984, ISBN 3-596-27064-2 ( explores the life of Virginia Woolf ).

Films

  • Desmond Davis (director): The Girl with Green Eyes. 1963 ( based on the novel ).
  • Brian G. Hutton (director): X, Y and Zee. 1972 ( based on the novel ).
  • Anthony Byrne (Director): Wild Decembers. 2009 ( based on the novel ).
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