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Edna O'Brien

1930 - Today

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Josephine Edna O'Brien (born 15 December 1930) is an Irish novelist, memoirist, playwright, poet and short-story writer. Elected to Aosdána by her fellow artists, she was honoured with the title Saoi in 2015 and the biennial "UK and Ireland Nobel" David Cohen Prize in 2019, whilst France made her Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2021. O'Brien's works often revolve around the inner feelings of women, and their problems in relating to men, and to society as a whole. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edna O'Brien has received more than 907,210 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Edna O'Brien is the 4,035th most popular writer (down from 2,869th in 2019), the 168th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 128th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Irish Writer.

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  • 910k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Edna O'Brien ranks 4,035 out of 5,755. Before her are Anna Langfus, Mia Couto, Camille Lemonnier, Antonio Muñoz Molina, Akazome Emon, and Pierre Pithou. After her are Charles Malik, Aurora Mardiganian, Leopold Staff, Bel Kaufman, Arturo Uslar Pietri, and Joe Abercrombie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Edna O'Brien ranks 312. Before her are Little Walter, Bayram Şit, Frances Sternhagen, Donald Moffat, Dawn Addams, and Kurt Nielsen. After her are Giuliano Montaldo, Bobby Bland, Bob Guccione, Allan Bloom, Bradford Dillman, and Hector Bianciotti.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Edna O'Brien ranks 168 out of 501. Before her are Geraldine Fitzgerald (1913), Alicia Boole Stott (1860), Peter Woulfe (1727), Sean Kelly (1956), Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne (1880), and Sinéad Cusack (1948). After her are Ronnie Drew (1934), Moya Brennan (1952), Jason O'Mara (1972), Micheál Martin (1960), Paul Kane (1810), and Seán O'Casey (1880).

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Among WRITERS In Ireland

Among writers born in Ireland, Edna O'Brien ranks 25. Before her are John Banville (1945), Cornelius Ryan (1920), John Millington Synge (1871), Cecil Day-Lewis (1904), Brendan Behan (1923), and Augusta, Lady Gregory (1852). After her are Seán O'Casey (1880), Maeve Binchy (1939), Jane Wilde (1821), Richard Steele (1672), William Trevor (1928), and George Moore (1852).

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