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Iris Murdoch

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Also known as Jean Iris Murdoch, Dame Iris Murdoch

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

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Iris Murdoch (15 July 1919 – 8 February 1999) was a British author whose professional career spanned from 1953 to 1999. She is recognized as a member of the American Academy Arts Sciences collection. Her bibliography includes 150 works, with notable titles such as *A severed head*, *The Sandcastle*, *Fairly Honourable Defeat*, *Довольно почетное поражение*, and *Дитя слова*.

Murdoch’s writings have been referenced by 586 other encyclopedia articles. Her philosophical perspectives are preserved in quotes, including the statement that the chief requirement of the good life is to live without any image of oneself. She also noted that we can only learn to love by loving, and that only lies and evil come from letting people off.

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Instance of
human
Given name
Iris
Gender
female
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Place of birth
Dublin
Place of death
Oxford
Occupation
writer
Employer
St Anne's College
Languages spoken
English language
Notable work
The Sea, the Sea
Genre
essay
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date of birth
1919-07-15
date of death
1999-02-08
medical condition
Alzheimer's disease
member of
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
cause of death
Alzheimer's disease
manner of death
natural causes
start of work period
1953-00-00
name in native language
Jean Iris Murdoch
writing language
English language
nominated for
Booker Prize
P12749
Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow
sexual orientation
bisexuality
Commons category
Iris Murdoch
end of work period
1999-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview

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).

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