Eileen Battersby

Eileen Battersby
BornEileen Whiston[1]
4 June 1956[2]
Los Angeles County, California, U.S.
Died23 December 2018 (aged 62)
Oldbridge, County Meath, Ireland
OccupationLiterary critic
EducationUniversity College, Dublin
Notable worksTeethmarks on My Tongue (2016)
Notable awardsNational Arts Journalist of the Year (4 times) [citation needed]
National Critic of the Year Prize (2012)
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Eileen Battersby (née Whiston; 4 June 1956 – 23 December 2018) was the chief literary critic of The Irish Times. She sometimes divided opinion, having been described by John Banville as "the finest fiction critic we have", while attracting the ire of Eugene McCabe after she gave Dermot Healy an unfavourable review in 2011. Her first novel, Teethmarks on My Tongue, was published by Dalkey Archive Press in 2016.[3][4]

  1. ^ Eileen Whiston obituary, independent.ie. Accessed 26 August 2022.
  2. ^ Birth registry, californiabirthindex.org. Accessed 26 August 2022.
  3. ^ Sweetman, Rosita (17 December 2011). "Review: Memoir: Ordinary Dogs by Eileen Battersby". Irish Independent. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
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