Education
She was educated at University College Dublin, Sapienza University of Rome and the Sorbonne Paris.
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Julia O'Faolain
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Her parents were Irish writers Seán Ó Faoláin and Eileen Gould. She has worked as a writer, language teacher, editor and translator and has lived in France, Italy, and the USA. Her novels include Godded and Codded (1970), Women In The Wall (1975), No Country for Young Men (1980), The Obedient Wife (1982), The Irish Signorina (1984), The Judas Cloth (1992) and Adam Gould (2009). Her short story collections include We Might See Sights! As Julia Martines, she translated Two Memoirs of Renaissance Florence: The Diaries of Buonaccorso Pitti and Gregorio Dati and Piero Chiara's A Man of Parts.
They have one son. O'Faolain's EIRData dataset entry, Princess Grace Irish Library.
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Ireland
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International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award; Booker Prize
The International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award is an international literary award for a work of fiction, jointly sponsored by the city of Dublin, Ireland and the company IMPAC. At €100,000 it is one of the richest literary prizes in the world.The International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award is an international literary award for a work of fiction, jointly sponsored by the city of Dublin, Ireland and the company IMPAC. At €100,000 it is one of the richest literary prizes in the world.