What is Iris Murdoch?
'''Dame Jean Iris Murdoch''' <small>[[Order of the British Empire|DBE]]</small> (15 July [[1919]] – 8 February [[1999]]) was an [[Ireland|Irish]]-born [[British people|British]] author, known professionally as '''Iris Murdoch'''. Her [[novel]]s were about good and evil, [[sexual relationship]]s and the power of the unconscious. Her first [[book]], ''Under the Net'', was released in [[1954]] and became a classic. Her other memorable books include ''The Black Prince'' and ''The Sea, the Sea''. Both of those books were about eroticism and [[love]]. In [[1987]], she was made a [[Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire]]. Murdoch was born in [[Dublin]], [[Ireland]]. She died at age seventy-nine due to [[Alzheimer's disease]] in [[Oxfordshire]], [[England]]. {{bio-stub}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Murdoch, Iris}} [[Category:British novelists]] [[Category:Knights and Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] [[Category:Writers from Dublin]] [[Category:1919 births]] [[Category:1999 deaths]]