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Actions	Letters from Iris Murdoch to Rachel Fenner Remove from selection Add to selection TitleLetters from Iris Murdoch to Rachel Fenner ReferenceKUAS118 Date 1964-1993 Creator Iris Murdoch, 1919-1999, author Production date 1964-01-01 - 1993-12-31 Scope and ContentLetters and cards written by Iris Murdoch to artist Rachel Fenner from 1964 onwards. Murdoch taught Fenner at the Royal College of Art and they remained friends afterwards. Topics covered in their correspondence includes Fenner's studies and later work, Murdoch's work, their travels, arranging meetings, and general family news. Extent1 box Archival historyPurchased with the assistance of the Friends of the National Libraries Persons keyword Iris Murdoch, 1919-1999, author, Rachel Fenner, fl. 1964-, artist, Royal College of Art (RCA) SubjectCorrespondence, Art, Writing Admin. history/BiographyIris Murdoch was born in Dublin, Ireland on 15 Jul 1919. When she was very young Iris and her parents moved to London, where Iris attended the Froebel Institute in Roehampton and Badminton School in Bristol. She followed this with studies in classics, ancient history and philosophy at Oxford, and further study at Cambridge. During the Second World War Murdoch worked for HM Treasury in London and then joined the UNRRA, providing relief in formerly occupied countries in Europe. In 1948 she became a fellow of St Anne's College, Oxford, where she taught and researched philosophy. Iris Murdoch wrote a number of tracts on philosophy, however it is for her novels that she is best known. She wrote 26 novels in total, her first being 'Under the Net' published in 1954. Other notable works include 'The Bell' and 'The Sea, the Sea', for which she won the Booker Prize in 1978. Her final novel, 'Jackson's Dilemma', was published in 1995. Iris Murdoch had romantic relationships with a number of individuals. She met author and scholar John Bayley while at Oxford and they married in 1956. Later in life Murdoch was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, the first effects of which she had attributed to writer's block. Iris Murdoch died in 1999. Levelfonds Hierarchy browser KUAS118 Letters from Iris Murdoch to Rachel Fenner 1964-1993 fonds contains 16 parts

TitleLetters from Iris Murdoch to Rachel Fenner

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1964-1993

Creator Iris Murdoch, 1919-1999, author

Production date 1964-01-01 - 1993-12-31

Scope and ContentLetters and cards written by Iris Murdoch to artist Rachel Fenner from 1964 onwards. Murdoch taught Fenner at the Royal College of Art and they remained friends afterwards. Topics covered in their correspondence includes Fenner's studies and later work, Murdoch's work, their travels, arranging meetings, and general family news.

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Archival historyPurchased with the assistance of the Friends of the National Libraries

Persons keyword Iris Murdoch, 1919-1999, author, Rachel Fenner, fl. 1964-, artist, Royal College of Art (RCA)

SubjectCorrespondence, Art, Writing

Admin. history/BiographyIris Murdoch was born in Dublin, Ireland on 15 Jul 1919. When she was very young Iris and her parents moved to London, where Iris attended the Froebel Institute in Roehampton and Badminton School in Bristol. She followed this with studies in classics, ancient history and philosophy at Oxford, and further study at Cambridge. During the Second World War Murdoch worked for HM Treasury in London and then joined the UNRRA, providing relief in formerly occupied countries in Europe. In 1948 she became a fellow of St Anne's College, Oxford, where she taught and researched philosophy. Iris Murdoch wrote a number of tracts on philosophy, however it is for her novels that she is best known. She wrote 26 novels in total, her first being 'Under the Net' published in 1954. Other notable works include 'The Bell' and 'The Sea, the Sea', for which she won the Booker Prize in 1978. Her final novel, 'Jackson's Dilemma', was published in 1995. Iris Murdoch had romantic relationships with a number of individuals. She met author and scholar John Bayley while at Oxford and they married in 1956. Later in life Murdoch was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, the first effects of which she had attributed to writer's block. Iris Murdoch died in 1999.

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