A Woman in Transit

Essay Issue 31, Volume 2: Summer 2015 (The London Issue)

Edna O’Brien

Edna O’Brien (1930 – 2024) published over twenty works of fiction along with plays, memoirs and biographies. Awards received include the Irish Pen Lifetime Achievement Award, the American National Arts Gold Medal, The Frank O’Connor Short Story Award, the Ulysses Medal and the David Cohen Prize. She was elected Saoi of Aosdána in 2015.