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Writer Iris Murdoch died #OTD in 1999. She often appears on lists of best writers/novels of 20th century. Won Booker Prize. A lifelong communist, she accepted a Damehood in 1987. She was "unsentimental about Ireland to the point of hatred"
#IrishWomenWriters 
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris_Murdoch
@TheWildGees I remembered reading this when it was published in 2019 and gives a fairly nuanced account of her love-hate relationship with Ireland, her roots, influence of parents, and how 'The Troubles' embittered her, and found her supporting not just Unionism but Paisley - becoming more unionist - more identified as British and more right wing in her later years. https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/iris-murdoch-s-deep-but-twisted-irish-roots-1.3950148 - a not uncommon story and divided sense of identity #IrisMurdoch
@athenamedia thanks for sharing Helen. She was a complex personality for sure