Birth in Dublin of Elizabeth Bowen, Novelist and Short-Story Writer.

Elizabeth Bowen is born in Dublin on June 7, 1899. A celebrated novelist and short-story writer, she is acclaimed for her insightful portrayals of Anglo-Irish big house life and the complexities of identity, class, and belonging in a changing Ireland. Her best-known work in Ireland is the novel The Last September (1929), set during the War of Independence, which captures the fading world of the Protestant Ascendancy with nuance and poignancy. Bowen remains a key figure in both Irish and British literary traditions.