Maggie O’Farrell on Identity, Turning Down an OBE and Why Ireland Remains ‘a Very Important Part’ of Her

Hamnet author Maggie O’Farrell reveals she turned down an OBE for two reasons

‘The first thing was that I didn’t want ‘British Empire’ as part of my name,’ said the author

Hamnet’s Maggie O’Farrell: ‘I turned down an OBE because I didn’t want British Empire as part of my name’

After the ‘bonkers’ Oscars, the Co Derry-born author of Hamnet is poised to publish Land, a novel inspired by her own family history in post-Famine Ireland

Hamnet author Maggie O’Farrell reveals she turned down an OBE for two reasons – UK Times

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Hamnet author Maggie O’Farrell has spoken about her reasons for turning down an OBE. The author of several acclaimed bestsellers, including her 2017 memoir I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death, has f…

Maggie O’Farrell on identity, turning down an OBE and why Ireland remains ‘a very important part’ of her