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‘Jennifer Johnston leaves significant legacy’: President leads tributes to author

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How Many Miles To Babylon author remembered by Michael D Higgins and fellow writers

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Jennifer Johnston, 95, Novelist Who Probed Ireland’s Fault Lines, Dies

Jennifer Johnston, an admired Irish novelist whose precise, carefully woven fictions depicted historic fault lines in her country’s upper crust and frailties in its latter-day middle class, died on Feb. 25 in Dun Laoghaire, outside Dublin. She was 95. Her death, in a nursing home, was announced by President Michael D. Higgins of Ireland, who praised her “deep and meaningful examination of the nature and limitations of identity, family and person…

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Irish novelist and playwright Jennifer Johnston dies aged 95

One of Ireland’s most prolific authors Jennifer Johnston has died aged 95.

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Writer Jennifer Johnston dies aged 95

How Many Miles To Babylon author was widely recognised for her novels and plays

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Beloved Irish author dies aged 95

The acclaimed writer passed away surrounded by her family in Dublin Irish writer Jennifer Johnston has died at the age of 95. The award-winning playwright and author passed away at a nursing home in Dún Laoghaire and was surrounded by her family, according to her son. Born into a Protestant family in Dublin in 1930, Johnston moved to Derry in the ’70s. Her work is often celebrated for its exploration of the relationships between Catholics and Pr…

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