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Muriel Spark receives Honorary Degree at McEwan Hall
Unknown, 1989, Photograph
Muriel Spark receives Honorary Degree at McEwan Hall
Muriel Spark receives Honorary Degree at McEwan Hall
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40857
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Muriel Spark receives Honorary Degree at McEwan Hall
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Unknown
Date
1989
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23.0 x 25.5 cm
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Photograph
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Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
Muriel Spark was born in 1918 at 160 Bruntsfield Place. In 1935, she attended Heriot-Watt College, where she learnt prècise writing. Muriel did not publish her first novel until she was 39, but is now regarded as one of Edinburgh's most celebrated authors. In 1989, she was awarded an honorary D.Litt from the University of Edinburgh, and was subsequently made a Dame. She died in 2006.
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