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Iris Murdoch

Irish-born british writer and philosopher (1919–1999).

Born July 15th, 1919 in Dublin. [ref]

Died February 8th, 1999 at 79 years old in Oxford (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]

Occupations
biographer, novelist, philosopher, poet, professor, prosaist, writer
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I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time. William Faulkner