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Iris Murdoch was born in Dublin in 1919. She read Classics at Somerville College, Oxford, and after working in the Treasury and abroad, was awarded a research studentship in Philosophy at Newnham College, Cambridge. In 1948 she returned to Oxford as fellow and tutor at St Anne's College and later taught at the Royal College of Art. Until her death in 1999, she lived in Oxford with her husband, the academic and critic, John Bayley. She was made a Dame of the British Empire in 1987 and in the 1997 PEN Awards received the Gold Pen for Distinguished Service to Literature.

Rachel Hirschler, Miles Leeson, Anne Rowe and Frances White are the editors of Poems from an Attic.

Poems from an Attic

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Random House
      Published 11 June 2025
      ISBN-13 9781784746124
      978-1784746124
      ISBN-10 1784746126
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      Book Synopsis

      Iris Murdoch was born in Dublin in 1919. She read Classics at Somerville College, Oxford, and after working in the Treasury and abroad, was awarded a research studentship in Philosophy at Newnham College, Cambridge. In 1948 she returned to Oxford as fellow and tutor at St Anne's College and later taught at the Royal College of Art. Until her death in 1999, she lived in Oxford with her husband, the academic and critic, John Bayley. She was made a Dame of the British Empire in 1987 and in the 1997 PEN Awards received the Gold Pen for Distinguished Service to Literature.

      Rachel Hirschler, Miles Leeson, Anne Rowe and Frances White are the editors of Poems from an Attic.

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