Edna O'Brien
Josephine Edna O'Brien 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.
15 December 1930
Born on the same birth day (15 December): Bill Pitt (racing driver) • Billy Shaw • Chihiro Iwasaki • Genny Lim • Iveta Mazáčová • John Meurig Thomas • Kim Junsu • Niels Ryberg Finsen • Pierre Cossette • Ronnie Radke • Tatiana Perebiynis • Élodie Gossuin
Born in the same month (December 1930): Bill Skowron • David R. Harris (geographer) • Donald Moffat • Dorothy Rowe • Jim Hall (musician) • Marie Bashir • Maximilian Schell • Robert Joffrey • Roy Calne • Tu Youyou • Óscar Humberto Mejía Víctores