Arquivo GB 2108 KUAS202 - Murdoch, Iris (1919-1999): Iris Murdoch's Journals, Poetry Notebooks and Other Documents

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Material created and / or collected by the author Iris Murdoch and held at her home in Charlbury Road, Oxford prior to transfer to the Archive.

GB 2108 KUAS202 [1939-1997] Fonds 9 boxes Murdoch , Dame , Jean Iris , 1919-1999 , author

Iris Murdoch was born in Dublin, Ireland on 15 Jul 1919. When she was very young Iris and her parents moved to London, England, and Iris studied at Frobel and Badminton Schools. She followed this with studies in classics, ancient history and philosophy at Oxford, and further study at Cambridge. During the war years Iris worked for the 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. Her last novel, 'Jackson's Dilemma', was published in 1995.

In her youth Iris Murdoch had relationships with a number of individuals, including Elias Canetti. She met author and scholar John Bayley while at Oxford, and they married in 1956. She wrote to a great number of people and maintained friendships in this way.

Later in life Iris Murdoch was diagnosed with Alzheimers disease, the first effects of which she had attributed to writer's block. She died in 1999.

Material created and / or collected by the author Iris Murdoch and held at her home in Charlbury Road, Oxford prior to transfer to the Archive.

Material kindly presented by Audi Bayley.

Material created and held by author and philosopher Iris Murdoch, including 14 volumes of personal journals / diaries, notebooks of poetry (much of which is previously unpublished), planning notebooks for philosophy writing and the novel 'Jackson's Dilemma', and loose papers including items relating to the Gifford Lectures and material held by Murdoch in a wooden chest. Also includes artworks and objects from Iris Murdoch's study in her former home in Charlbury Road, Oxford.

Items have been grouped together by type or subject matter. Original order has been retained where possible.

Available to view by appointment in the Kingston University Archives and Special Collections search room.

Some copying is allowed. Please contact Kingston University Archives and Special Collections for more information.

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Some items require careful handling. Archives staff will advise regarding this.

See Kingston University Archive and Special Collection's online catalogue.

Other objects held as part of GB 2108 KUAS191. Other notebooks can be found in GB 2108 KUAS225.

December 2017 Communication skills Writing Poetry Poems Notebooks Nonfiction Diaries Information sciences Communications media Publications Articles Social scientists Philosophers Information sources Documents Primary documents Essays Visual materials Photographs Arts Works of art Novelists Prose Novels Authors Writers Poets Literature Literary forms and genres Fiction Communication process Movable cultural property Cultural property Cultural heritage Letters (documents) Records and correspondence Art Murdoch , Dame , Jean Iris , 1919-1999 , author x Murdoch , Iris

Material kindly presented by Audi Bayley.

Material created and held by author and philosopher Iris Murdoch, including 14 volumes of personal journals / diaries, notebooks of poetry (much of which is previously unpublished), planning notebooks for philosophy writing and the novel 'Jackson's Dilemma', and loose papers including items relating to the Gifford Lectures and material held by Murdoch in a wooden chest. Also includes artworks and objects from Iris Murdoch's study in her former home in Charlbury Road, Oxford.

Items have been grouped together by type or subject matter. Original order has been retained where possible.

Available to view by appointment in the Kingston University Archives and Special Collections search room.

Some copying is allowed. Please contact Kingston University Archives and Special Collections for more information.

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English

Other objects held as part of GB 2108 KUAS191. Other notebooks can be found in GB 2108 KUAS225.

See Kingston University Archive and Special Collection's online catalogue.

• inglês