Anne Enright

AE is a contemporary Irish writer, appointed in 2015 inaugural Laureate for Irish Fiction. She is best known for her novels, but she began by writing monologues and other material for the theatre, and has also published short stories, literary and political journalism, and reviews. Though her pictures of modern life are sometimes mordant, she claims she does not write satire.
Bracken, Claire, and Susan Cahill, editors. “An Interview with Anne Enright, August 2009”. Anne Enright, Irish Academic Press, pp. 13-32.
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Photo of Anne Enright sitting at what appears to be a signing with a marker in her right hand. Her hair is cut short and is auburn, and she is wearing a green and dark green floral patterned top. In the background, there is a mirror on the wall.

Milestones

11 October 1962

AE was born in Dublin, one of several children in her family.
She has mentioned a sister who is a doctor and a brother who is a civil servant.
Enright, Anne. “Green Hearts”. London Review of Books, Vol.
17
, No. 15, pp. 26-7.
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Enright, Anne. “What’s Left of Henrietta Lacks?”. London Review of Books, Vol.
22
, No. 8, pp. 8-10.
Moloney, Caitriona. “Anne Enright (11 October 1962-)”. Twenty-first-Century British and Irish Novelists, Gale.
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By late April 2007

The title of AE 's novel The Gathering reflects its central situation: the black sheep in a large Irish family has died by suicide and his relations gather for his funeral.
Kennedy, A. L. “The din within”. theguardian.com.

Biography

Birth and Family

11 October 1962

AE was born in Dublin, one of several children in her family.
She has mentioned a sister who is a doctor and a brother who is a civil servant.
Enright, Anne. “Green Hearts”. London Review of Books, Vol.
17
, No. 15, pp. 26-7.
26
Enright, Anne. “What’s Left of Henrietta Lacks?”. London Review of Books, Vol.
22
, No. 8, pp. 8-10.
Moloney, Caitriona. “Anne Enright (11 October 1962-)”. Twenty-first-Century British and Irish Novelists, Gale.
88

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