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Muriel Spark
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Scottish novelist and writer (1918–2006)
Muriel Spark was a Scottish novelist and writer who lived from 1918 to 2006 and is recognized as an important figure in twentieth-century literature. Her works are known for their wit, intelligence, and distinctive narrative style, making her one of the most significant writers of her era.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1918
- Died
- 2006
- Works
- 144
Top works
- Territorial Rights (The Collected Muriel Spark Novels)
- John Masefield
- Prentice Hall Literature--The British Edition--Volume II
- Prentice Hall Literature - Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes - The British Tradition
- The Penguin Book of Horror Stories
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- Sweden
- Active from
- 1918
- Active to
- 2006
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 67
- Total plays
- 1,362
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)
· 2016 · cited 4,396x
- Cross-talk between
<i>Akkermansia muciniphila</i>
and intestinal epithelium controls diet-induced obesity
· 2013 · cited 4,138x
- Richness of human gut microbiome correlates with metabolic markers
· 2013 · cited 4,063x
- Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy
· 2012 · cited 2,919x
- 2017 ESC Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Peripheral Arterial Diseases, in collaboration with the European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS)
· 2017 · cited 2,838x
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Quotes
- “The one certain way for a woman to hold a man is to leave him for religion.”
- “Parents learn a lot from their children about coping with life.”
- “A life like mine annoys most people; they go to their jobs every day, attend to things, give orders, pummel typewriters, and get two or three weeks off every year, and it vexes them to see someone else not bothering to do these things and yet getting away with it, not starving, being lucky as they call it.”
- “It is impossible to repent of love. The sin of love does not exist.”
- “New York, home of the vivisectors of the mind, and of the mentally vivisected still to be reassembled, of those who live intact, habitually wondering about their states of sanity, and home of those whose minds have been dead, bearing the scars of resurrection.”
- “"I am putting old heads on your young shoulders," Miss Brodie had told them at that time, "and all my pupils are the crème de la crème."”
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Key facts
- Born
- Muriel Sarah Camberg , ( 1918-02-01 ) 1 February 1918, Edinburgh , Scotland
- Died
- 13 April 2006 (2006-04-13) (aged 88), Oliveto , Tuscany, Italy
- Resting place
- Cemetery of Sant'Andrea Apostolo, Civitella in Val di Chiana
- Occupation
- Novelist short story writer poet essayist
- Language
- English
- Alma mater
- Heriot-Watt College
- Notable works
- The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie The Mandelbaum Gate The Driver's Seat Memento Mori
- Spouse
- Sidney Oswald Spark ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1937 ; separated</span>"}]]}'>sep. 1940 )
- Children
- Samuel Robin Spark
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.murielspark.com
Show 6 more facts
- date of birth
- 1918-02-01
- date of death
- 2006-04-13
- Commons category
- Muriel Spark
- start of work period
- 1957-00-00
- name in native language
- Muriel Sarah Spark
- birth name
- Muriel Sarah Camberg
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Dame Muriel Sarah Spark (née Camberg; 1 February 1918 – 13 April 2006) was a Scottish novelist, short story writer, poet and essayist.
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