Kate O'Brien was born into a prosperous Limerick family in 1897. She began her writing career in 1926 and Without My Cloak, a novel written in 1930, was her first best seller. Other works include The Ante Room, That Lady, The Land of Spices and The Last of Summer. Although frequently returning to Limerick, the inspiration for much of her work, Kate O'Brien spent the latter part of her life in England. She died in 1974.
In 1984 Arlen House held a seminar in Limerick to mark the tenth anniversary of Kate O'Brien's death, Arising from the success of this event, the Kate O'Brien Committee was formed and it was decided to hold an annual literary weekend in Limerick in honour of the city's most famous deceased author.
The Kate O'Brien Weekend 2009
The theme of the twenty fourth Kate O'Brien Weekend, held on Feb 29 - March 2, 2008, was "the transforming power of money".
SFLimerickToday and it's author, Frank Ahern, would like to propose a theme for the Kate O'Brien Weekend 2009 -- San Francisco's Irish literary tradtion. A good example of this is The Irish Literary & Historical Society which was founded in San Francisco in 1945 to provide an open, nonsectarian, and nonpolitical forum for the presentation and discussion of Irish and Irish-American art, history, literature, society, and culture.
See http://www.kobweekend.com
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