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): Adam Setliff • Allan Simonsen • Betty Smith • Cassandra Harris • Chandler Canterbury • Ivor Crewe • Joe D'Amato • Josef Imbach (athlete) • Kayvon Thibodeaux • Keylor Navas • Nicholas P. Dallis • Oscar Niemeyer • Pierre Cossette • Rodney Harrison
Born in the same month (December 1930): Armin Mueller-Stahl • Bill Brittain • Donald Moffat • Emmanuel Agassi • Jaime Escalante • Jean-Luc Godard • Joachim Hoffmann • Robert Joffrey • Wally Olins