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Muriel Spark
Dame Muriel Spark, DBE was a prolific Scottish novelist, short story writer, and poet whose darkly comedic voice made her one of the most distinctive writers of the twentieth century.
Spark received the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1965 for The Mandelbaum Gate, the Ingersoll Foundation TS Eliot Award in 1992 and the David Cohen Prize in 1997. She became Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1993, in recognition of her services to literature. In 1998, she was awarded the Golden PEN Award by English PEN for "a Lifetime's Distinguished Service to Literature".
Spark received eight honorary doctorates in her lifetime. These included a Doctor of the University degree from her alma mater, Heriot-Watt University in 1995; a Doctor of Humane Letters from the American University of Paris in 2005; and Honorary Doctor of Letters degrees from the Universities of Aberdeen, Edinburgh, London, Oxford, St Andrews and Strathclyde.
Spark grew up in Edinburgh and worked as a department store secretary, writer for trade magazines, and literary editor before publishing her first novel, The Comforters, in 1957. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, published in 1961, and considered her masterpiece, was made into a stage play, a TV series, and a film.
§All Books
The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie
Muriel Spark, 1961
70 ratings
The Driver's Seat
Muriel Spark, 1970
14 ratings
Memento Mori
Muriel Spark, 1959
13 ratings
The Girls of Slender Means
Muriel Spark, 1963
12 ratings
§ About Muriel Spark's books
- Books on SansFiction
- 4
- Published
- 1959–1970
- Average rating
- 3.6 / 5 across 109 ratings
- Genres
- History, Classical Fiction, Classics, Fiction
Start here: The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie (1961)
Muriel Spark’s timeless classic about a controversial teacher who deeply marks the lives of a select group of students in the years leading up to World War II "Give me a girl at an impressionable age, and she is mine for life!” So asserts Jean Brodie, a magnetic, dubious, and sometimes comic teacher at the conservative Marcia Blaine School for Girls in…
Common questions about Muriel Spark
- Who is Muriel Spark?
- Dame Muriel Spark, DBE was a prolific Scottish novelist, short story writer, and poet whose darkly comedic voice made her one of the most distinctive writers of the twentieth century. Spark received the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1965 for The Mandelbaum Gate, the Ingersoll Foundation TS Eliot Award in 1992 and the David Cohen Prize in 1997.
- What is Muriel Spark best known for?
- Muriel Spark is best known for The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie, published in 1961 with 70 ratings and a 3.5 average. It is the most-rated of Muriel Spark's books on SansFiction.
- How many books has Muriel Spark written?
- SansFiction lists 4 books by Muriel Spark, published between 1959 and 1970. The most popular are The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie, The Driver's Seat, Memento Mori and The Girls of Slender Means.
- Which Muriel Spark book should I read first?
- The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie is the usual place to start: it is Muriel Spark's most-rated book here, with a 3.5 average.
- What genres does Muriel Spark write?
- Muriel Spark's books on SansFiction are tagged History, Classical Fiction, Classics and Fiction.
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