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- Birth nameJean Iris Murdoch
- Iris Murdoch was born on July 15, 1919 in Dublin, Ireland. She was a writer and actress, known for The Italian Girl, Television Theater (1953) and A Severed Head (1971). She was married to John Bayley. She died on February 8, 1999 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK.
- SpouseJohn Bayley(August 14, 1956 - February 8, 1999) (her death)
- She was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1976 Queen's New Year Honours List and the DBE (Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1987 Queen's New Year Honours List for her services to literature.
- Being a woman is like being Irish: Everyone says you're important and nice, but you take second place all the same.
- On connecting: Where does one person end and another person begin?
- On marriage: A married couple is a dangerous machine!
- On love: Love is the extremely difficult realization that something other than oneself is real.
- On growth: There is no beyond, there is only here, the infinitely small, infinitely great and utterly demanding present.
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