Iris Murdoch

Also known as Jean Iris Murdoch, Dame Iris Murdoch

Irish-born British writer and philosopher (1919–1999)

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Iris Murdoch was an Irish-born British writer and philosopher who lived from 1919 to 1999 and became known for exploring complex moral and philosophical questions through her novels and academic work. She remains influential for her contributions to both literature and philosophy, examining themes of love, morality, and human relationships in ways that continue to be studied and discussed today.

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Born: 15 July 1919
Died: 8 February 1999
Works: 150

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A severed head
Довольно почетное поражение
Дитя слова
The Sandcastle
Fairly Honourable Defeat

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Type: Person
Country: GB
Active from: 1919-07-15
Active to: 1999-02-08

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Listeners: 33
Total plays: 375

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5 total works indexed

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Quotes

“He felt neither guilt nor distress at the pleasure with which he was now filled by the proximity of this young creature, and when he discovered in himself even physical symptoms of his inclination he did not take fright, but continued cheerfully and serenely to see Nick whenever the ordinary run of his duties suggested it, congratulating himself upon the newly achieved solidity and rational calm of his spiritual life.”
“The chief requirement of the good life... is to live without any image of oneself.”
“We can only learn to love by loving.”
“Love is the extremely difficult realisation that something other than oneself is real. Love, and so art and morals, is the discovery of reality.”
“Only lies and evil come from letting people off.”
“There is no substitute for the comfort supplied by the utterly taken-for-granted relationship.”

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date of birth: 1919-07-15
date of death: 1999-02-08
start of work period: 1953-00-00
name in native language: Jean Iris Murdoch
P12749: Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow
Commons category: Iris Murdoch
end of work period: 1999-00-00

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Dame Jean Iris Murdoch (/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), An Unofficial Rose (1962), 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).