Iris Murdoch
(1919-1999)
Died aged c. 80
Wikidata WikipediaDame Jean Iris Murdoch DBE (/ˈmɜːrdɒk/ MUR-dok; 15 July 1919 – 8 February 1999) was an Irish and British novelist and philosopher. Murdoch is best known for her novels about good and evil, sexual relationships, morality, and the power of the unconscious. Her first published novel, Under the Net (1954), was selected in 1998 as one of Modern Library's 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. Her 1978 novel The Sea, the Sea won the Booker Prize. In 1987, she was made a Dame by Queen Elizabeth II for services to literature. In 2008, The Times ranked Murdoch twelfth on a list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". Her other books include The Bell (1958), A Severed Head (1961), The Red and the Green (1965), The Nice and the Good (1968), The Black Prince (1973), Henry and Cato (1976), The Philosopher's Pupil (1983), The Good Apprentice (1985), The Book and the Brotherhood (1987), The Message to the Planet (1989), and The Green Knight (1993).
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Iris Murdoch DBE 1919 – 1999 Novelist and philosopher, attended Badminton School 1932 – 1938
Badminton School, Westbury Road, Bristol, United Kingdom where they attended school (1932-1938)
Dame Iris Murdoch 1919-1999 novelist moral philosopher lived here 1989-1999
30 Charlbury Road, Oxford, United Kingdom where they lived
Iris Murdoch 1919-1999 ùrscéalaí agus fealsamh a rugadgh anseo. novelist and philosopher born here
English translation: Iris Murdoch 1919-1999 novelist and philosopher born here
59 Blessington Street, Dublin, Ireland where they was born (1919)