A renowned East Clare author has been appointed Dame for her services to literature.
Tuamgraney native Edna O’Brien, who’s a novelist, playwright, poet and short story writer, has previously won the European Prize for Literature and the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award.
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She’s now been made Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, which is the the second-highest rank in Britain’s honour system.
Edna has said it’s an “honour” and an “incentive” at the age of 88 “to keep going”.
