Julia O'Faolain

Julia O'Faolain (1932-2020) was born in London, the daughter of Sean and Eileen (Gould) O'Faolain, brought up in Dublin and educated at the University of Rome and the Sorbonne, Paris. She worked as a writer, editor, language teacher and translator, and lived in France, Italy and the USA. Her works include the novels The Obedient Wife, No Country for Young Men (which was nominated for the Booker Prize), Women in the Wall, The Irish Signorina and The Judas Cloth, and three collections of short stories, Man in the Cellar, Daughters of Passion, and Under the Rose. In 2016, her memoir, Trespassers: A Memoir, was published by Faber & Faber.