MURIEL SPARK

Writer, born in Edinburgh, EC Scotland, UK. Educated in Edinburgh, she became editor of Poetry Review (1947–9), and published poetry, short stories, and critical biographies, including works on Wordsworth, Mary Shelley, and Emily Brontë. She is best known for her novels, notably Memento Mori (1959), The Ballad of Peckham Rye (1960), and especially The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1961, filmed 1969). Other books include The Mandelbaum Gate (1965, James Tait Black), The Driver's Seat (1970, filmed 1974), A Far Cry from Kensington (1988), Reality and Dreams (1996), and The Finishing School (2004), as well as her stories (collected in 1986) and The Young Man Who Discovered the Secret of Life and Other Stories (1999). An autobiography, Curriculum Vitae, appeared in 1992. She lives in Italy, and was made a dame in 1993.

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