One of Clare’s most prolific authors has been bestowed with a major literary award at the age of 87.
Tuamgraney native Edna O’Brien has been named as the winner of the 2018 PEN/Nabokov award for her achievements in international literature.
Judges in the 50,000 dollar prize commended the writer for the “absolute perfection of her prose” and her “powerful voice”.
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She has written over 20 novels and is well-known for her controversial 1960 work The Country Girls.
Edna will be presented with the award on February 20th in a ceremony in New York.
