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Iris Murdoch

UK  (1919 - 1999)
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About Iris Murdoch
Iris Murdoch was born in Dublin, grew up in London, and received her university education at Oxford and Cambridge. For many years she taught philosophy at Oxford. She was the author of twenty-six novels, and also wrote several works of philosophy, criticism, and drama.

She was an author of universal acclaim. Her novels tackled everyday ethical and moral concerns, exploring the function of myth in making sense of one's life. She won the Booker prize in 1978 for The Sea, The sea. In addition to books, she was also a playwright, her most successful play being "Servants and the Snow." Most recently, her husband wrote and participated in the film dedicated to her life and works.
 
Iris Murdoch recommends
The Virgin in the Garden
The Virgin in the Garden (1978)
(Frederica, book 1)
Antonia S Byatt
"Large, complex, ambitious, humming with energy and ideas... a remarkable achievement."
A Bowl of Cherries
A Bowl of Cherries (1984)
Shena Mackay
"A splendid novel: poetic, witty and thoroughly interesting."
The Book of Abraham
The Book of Abraham (1986)
Marek Halter
"An extraordinary achievement."
Cantor's Dilemma
Cantor's Dilemma (1989)
Carl Djerassi
"A brilliant tale of the morals and politics of contemporary science. Exciting, moving, and brilliantly written."
The Bourbaki Gambit
The Bourbaki Gambit (1994)
Carl Djerassi
"A beautifully ingenious, funny, brilliantly intelligent, and moving tale of very human scientists. A splendid novel."



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