Mary Lavin
Mary Lavin was a prominent Irish author known for her short stories and novels that captured the complexities of Irish life and the female experience, making her one of the notable voices in Irish literature during the 20th century.
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Lavin's collection of 16 stories aims to reintroduce her work to a new generation of readers.
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Canada· 2026-03-06
Mary Lavin was a familiar presence in Dublin and is known for her stories that explore themes of grief and solitude.
She removed the props by which we might read her women easily – The Irish Times
Ireland· 2026-02-28
Mary Lavin is mentioned as one of the Irish writers who contributed to the New Yorker.
‘I got a phone call from one of the New Yorker’s famous fact-checkers’ – The Irish TimesIreland· 2025-09-20
We are proud of our work in restoring Wilton Park and the naming of Mary Lavin Place, overlooking the magnificent Grand Canal.
Poet Patrick Kavanagh’s regular haunt along Dublin’s Grand Canal gets face lift – The Irish TimesIreland· 2025-08-01
Mary Lavin’s home has hit the market at an asking price of €1.395 million.
Niall O’Farrell becomes the latest TV entrepreneur to face money woes – The Irish TimesIreland· 2025-05-11
Mary Lavin Place remains an exception.
The Enlightenment gave rise to a habit of worshipping ‘great men’, but they never had to worry about dying in childbirth – The Irish TimesIreland· 2025-03-03
Mary Lavin is mentioned among the fiction writers who indicate that the phenomenon of women writers was not unknown.
a sunlit novel, with shadows – The Irish TimesIreland· 2025-02-21
