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O'Brien

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O'Bri·en  (-brn), Edna Born 1932.
Irish writer whose works, including The Lonely Girl (1962) and Johnny I Hardly Knew You (1977), explore the lives of women in modern-day Ireland.
O'Brien [əˈbraɪən]
n
1. (Biographies / O'Brien, Conor Cruise (1917 M, Irish, POLITICS: diplomat, WRITING: writer) Conor Cruise. born 1917, Irish diplomat and writer. As an Irish Labour MP he served in the coalition government of 1973-77, becoming a senator (1977-79). He edited the Observer (1978-81)
2. (Biographies / O'Brien, Edna (1936 F, Irish, WRITING: novelist, WRITING: playwright, FILMS AND TV: writer, WRITING: short-story writer) Edna. born 1936, Irish novelist. Her books include The Country Girls (1960), Johnny I Hardly Knew You (1977), and In the forest (2002)
3. (Biographies / O'Brien, Flann (1911-1966) M, Irish, WRITING: novelist, WRITING: journalist) Flann, real name Brian O'Nolan. 1911-66, Irish novelist and journalist. His novels include At Swim-Two-Birds (1939) and the posthumously published The Third Policeman (1967). As Myles na Gopaleen he wrote a satirical column for the Irish Times
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Noun1.O'Brien - Irish writer (born in 1932)
Edna O'Brien


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He was stung every sixty seconds with the thought that the scamp O'Brien might be signalling to Margaret somehow; he did not attempt to imagine how.
The Innocence Of Father Brown by Chesterton, Gilbert K. View in context
The talk had led on from the Graft Prosecution and the latest signs that the town was to be run wide open, down through all the grotesque sordidness and rottenness of manhate and man-meanness, until the name of O'Brien was mentioned--O'Brien, the promising young pugilist who had been killed in the prize-ring the night before.
The Night-Born by London, Jack View in context
" O'Brien contended it was Thornton's privilege to knock the runners loose, leaving Buck to "break it out" from a dead standstill.
The Call of the Wild by London, Jack View in context
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