Iris Murdoch
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, active from the second world war till almost the end of the twentieth century, was best known as a philosophical novelist with a wild sense of comedy. Her twenty-six novels foreground philosophic issues similar to those discussed in her well-regarded academic publications. She contributed to many periodicals, and wrote plays for stage and radio, an opera libretto, and poetry.
- BirthName: Jean Iris MurdochJean.did not use the name
- Married: Bayleynever published under her married name, but she used it for official documents like her passport.