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Dame Muriel Spark had an active literary life as poet and biographer before she turned, in 1951, to fiction. It was not until 1957, after conversion to Catholicism, that she published her first novel, The Comforters , a book of extraordinary originality that won the applause of Graham Greene and Evelyn Waugh - not because they were also ...
Muriel Spark, Novelist Who Wrote 'The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie,' Dies at 88. Muriel Spark, author of finely polished, darkly comic prose and creator of Miss Jean Brodie, dies at age 88;...
Jan 29, 2018 · Books. This article is more than 6 years old. ‘Vital, witty, formidably blithe’: Ali Smith on Muriel Spark at 100. Spark shone a light on her times, and ours. In the week of her centenary, her...
Muriel Spark. 1918–2006. Corbis Historical / Getty. Born and raised in Edinburgh, Scottish poet, essayist, and novelist Muriel Spark (nee Camberg) was educated at James Gillespie’s High School for Girls and Heriot-Watt College. In 1937, she traveled to the country now named Zimbabwe and married Sydney Oswald Spark, from whom she was later divorced.
Apr 17, 2006 · Mon 17 Apr 2006 07.38 EDT. All the great heroines created by Dame Muriel Spark, who has died in Florence aged 88, enunciate with the unmistakable, perfectly pitched voice of She Who Can Do No...
Muriel Spark was a Scottish-Jewish novelist, short story writer, literary critic, poet, editor, and essayist. While many critics marginalize Spark as a “Catholic writer,” it is clear that the wit, intelligence and subversiveness of her fiction are driven not by an unchanging morality but by a radical singularity.
Muriel Spark was born in Edinburgh. A poet and novelist, she also wrote children’s books, radio plays, a comedy and biographies. She is best known for her stories and many successful novels, including Memento Mori, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Loitering with Intent, The Comforters, A Far Cry from Kensington and The Public Image.
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