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Actions	Items related to Iris Murdoch presented by Anne Rowe Remove from selection Add to selection TitleItems related to Iris Murdoch presented by Anne Rowe ReferenceKUAS195 Date c. 1990s- c. 2000s Creator Iris Murdoch, 1919-1999, author, Anne Rowe, Dr, fl. 1985-, scholar Production date 1990-01-01 - 2009-12-31 Scope and ContentItems relating to Iris Murdoch presented to the archives by Anne Rowe. Includes: 1) Papers on a proposed Festschrift on Iris Murdoch collated by Peter Conradi 2) Copies of the newsletter for the Iris Murdoch Society of Japan 3) Press articles on Iris Murdoch 4) Letters written to Anne Rowe and Peter Conradi regarding Iris Murdoch 5) Original text copies of the Iris Murdoch Society Newsletters Nos 1-19 6) Unpublished essay by Rachel Cusk on Iris Murdoch Extent1 box Archival historyPresented by Anne Rowe Persons keyword Iris Murdoch, 1919-1999, author, Anne Rowe, Dr, fl. 1985-, scholar, Peter J Conradi, fl 1982-, scholar and author, Iris Murdoch Society, Iris Murdoch Society of Japan, Rachel Cusk, 1967-, author SubjectArticles, Essays, Books, Writing, Press Cuttings, Correspondence, Newsletters 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.Scholar with expertise in Iris Murdoch. Head of the Iris Murdoch Archives Project (formerly Centre for Iris Murdoch Studies) at Kingston University and author of several book on Iris Murdoch Levelfonds

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c. 1990s- c. 2000s

Creator Iris Murdoch, 1919-1999, author, Anne Rowe, Dr, fl. 1985-, scholar

Production date 1990-01-01 - 2009-12-31

Scope and ContentItems relating to Iris Murdoch presented to the archives by Anne Rowe. Includes:
1) Papers on a proposed Festschrift on Iris Murdoch collated by Peter Conradi
2) Copies of the newsletter for the Iris Murdoch Society of Japan
3) Press articles on Iris Murdoch
4) Letters written to Anne Rowe and Peter Conradi regarding Iris Murdoch
5) Original text copies of the Iris Murdoch Society Newsletters Nos 1-19
6) Unpublished essay by Rachel Cusk on Iris Murdoch

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Archival historyPresented by Anne Rowe

Persons keyword Iris Murdoch, 1919-1999, author, Anne Rowe, Dr, fl. 1985-, scholar, Peter J Conradi, fl 1982-, scholar and author, Iris Murdoch Society, Iris Murdoch Society of Japan, Rachel Cusk, 1967-, author

SubjectArticles, Essays, Books, Writing, Press Cuttings, Correspondence, Newsletters

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.Scholar with expertise in Iris Murdoch. Head of the Iris Murdoch Archives Project (formerly Centre for Iris Murdoch Studies) at Kingston University and author of several book on Iris Murdoch

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