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Sinéad O'Shea

‘You must read my diaries’: unlocking the private life of Edna O’Brien

Edna O'Brien in 1971.
A 20th-century great … Edna O'Brien in 1971. Photograph: John Minihan/© University College Cork© University College Cork

‘Sinéad, you must read my diaries. The most naked ones are in Emory College, Georgia.”

This was a voicenote left for me by Edna O’Brien in 2023, after I had started to film a feature documentary with her, granting me access to the most personal work she created in her lifetime: her unpublished diaries.

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