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Edna O'Brien
- Born
- County Clare, Ireland
- Genres
- Non-Fiction, Drama, Fiction, Short Stories
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Irish novelist and short-story writer Edna O'Brien was born on 15 December 1930 in Tuamgraney, County Clare, Ireland. She was educated at the Convent of Mercy in Loughrea, County Galway, and at the Pharmaceutical…
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Updated: Sean O'Brien
- Born
- London, England
- Genres
- Short Stories, Poetry, Non-Fiction, Drama
- Publisher
- Picador
Poet Sean O'Brien was born in London, England, on 19 December 1952 and grew up in Hull. He was educated at Selwyn College, Cambridge, and studied as a postgraduate at the universities of Birmingham, Hull and Leeds,…
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Updated: Bernard O'Donoghue
- Born
- Co Cork, Ireland
- Genres
- Young Adult, Poetry
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
Bernard O'Donoghue was born in Cullen, County Cork, in 1945, later moving to Manchester. He studied Medieval English at Oxford University, where he is a teacher and Fellow in English at Wadham College. He is a poet…
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Maggie O'Farrell
- Born
- Northern Ireland
- Genres
- Fiction
- Publisher
- Review
Born in Northern Ireland in 1972, Maggie O'Farrell grew up in Wales and Scotland. She has worked as a waitress, chambermaid, cycle courier, teacher, arts administrator and, most recently, as a journalist, both in…
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Updated: Andrew O'Hagan
- Born
- Glasgow, Scotland
- Genres
- Non-Fiction, Fiction
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber Ltd
Andrew O'Hagan was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1968 and read English at the University of Strathclyde. He is a contributing editor to the London Review of Books and Granta magazine.In his acclaimed first book, The…
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Redmond O'Hanlon
- Born
- Dorset
- Genres
- Non-Fiction
- Publisher
- Penguin Group (UK)
Redmond O'Hanlon was born in Dorset and studied at Oxford University. From 1970-1974 he was a Member of the Literature panel of Arts Council England, and in 1982 was elected a member of the Society for the Bibliography…
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Updated: Ben Okri
- Born
- Minna, Nigeria
- Genres
- Short Stories, Poetry, Non-Fiction, Fiction, Drama
- Publisher
- Rider Books, Jonathan Cape Ltd
Poet and novelist Ben Okri was born in 1959 in Minna, northern Nigeria, to an Igbo mother and Urhobo father. He grew up in London before returning to Nigeria with his family in 1968. Much of his early fiction explores…
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Michael Ondaatje
- Born
- Sri Lanka
- Genres
- Non-Fiction, Fiction, Poetry
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing plc
Michael Ondaatje was born in Sri Lanka on 12 September 1943. He moved to England in 1954, and in 1962 moved to Canada where he has lived ever since. He was educated at the University of Toronto and Queen's University in…
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Updated: Frank Ormsby
- Born
- Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
- Genres
- Poetry, Non-Fiction
- Publisher
- Blackstaff Press Ltd.
Frank Ormsby was born in 1947, in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, and was educated at Queen's University in Belfast. He is Head of English at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution. His books of…
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Alice Oswald
- Born
- Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
- Genres
- Poetry
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber Ltd
Alice Oswald lives in Devon. She trained as a classicist and was the recipient of an Eric Gregory Award in 1994. Her first collection of poetry, The Thing in the Gap-Stone Stile (1996), includes poems reflecting her…
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New: Helen Oyeyemi
- Born
- Nigeria
- Genres
- Fiction, Drama
- Publisher
- Picador, Bloomsbury Publishing plc, Methuen Publishing Ltd
Helen Oyeyemi was born in Nigeria in 1984 and has lived in London from the age of four. She wrote her first novel, The Icarus Girl, while still at school studying for her A levels at Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School in…
