Irish novelist Edna O'Brien wins 'Irish Nobel in literature' award

Her work has been banned, burned and banished but Edna O'Brien still sets the literary world alight. As she approaches her 90th year, the bestselling Irish writer has been named the winner of the 2019 David Cohen Prize for Literature.

Unveiled at the Royal Institute of British Architects in London, the prize was awarded to a writer who has broken down social and sexual barriers for women in Ireland and beyond.