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Muriel Spark
Unknown, 1960, Photograph
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Muriel Spark
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Muriel Spark
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Muriel Spark looks off in to the distance. Her hair has been backcombed and falls around her shoulders in soft curls. She is wearing a top with floral motifs. Behind her a large picture of a short haired person can be seen on the wall.
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1960
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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 Edinburghs most celebrated authors. In 1989, she was awarded an honorary D,Litt from the University of Edinburgh, and was subsequently made a Dame.
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