Muriel Spark
Scottish novelist and writer (1918–2006).
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Muriel Spark was a Scottish novelist and writer. Born on 1 February 1918 in Edinburgh, Spark died on 13 April 2006 in Florence at the age of 88.
Notable works include The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, The Mandelbaum Gate and The Driver's Seat. Spark studied at Heriot-Watt University and James Gillespie's High School. Honours include James Tait Black Memorial Prize, Officer of the Order of the British Empire and Bram Stoker Award for Best Non-Fiction, among 12 recorded.
With a Wikipedia article in 53 languages, Muriel Spark is No. 12,286 in the People and Position Index.
- Born
- 1 February 1918, Edinburgh
- Died
- 13 April 2006, Florence (aged 88)
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Known as
- Writer, poet, novelist
- Field
- Literature
- Education
- Heriot-Watt University, James Gillespie's High School
- Languages
- English
- Wikipedia editions
- 53
Did you know
Lived to 88.
Shares a birthday with Boris Yeltsin and Clark Gable.
One of 108 people in the Index born in Edinburgh, with Arthur Conan Doyle.
Has a Wikipedia article in 53 languages.
Computed from the Index and Wikidata.
Honours and works
Awards
- James Tait Black Memorial Prize1965
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire1967
- Bram Stoker Award for Best Non-Fiction1987
- Saltire Awards1987
- Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire1993
- Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres1996
- David Cohen Prize1997
- Golden PEN Award1998
- Lost Man Booker Prize2010
- Honorary doctor of the University of Aberdeen
- Honorary doctor of the University of Oxford
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
Notable works
- The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
- The Mandelbaum Gate
- The Driver's Seat
- Memento Mori
- The Comforters
- The Ballad of Peckham Rye
- The Bachelors
- The Girls of Slender Means
- The Public Image
- The Takeover
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