Biography
Aris Merdock is called one of the greatest British writers of the 20th century. Her legacy includes 26 fascinating works that are not yet one generation of booklers. A talented woman devoted literature all life, despite the fact that there were a lot of difficulties in her fate.Childhood and youth
Biography of Jin Iris Merrock began on July 15, 1919 in the capital of Ireland - Dublin. Her father was a cavalurist in the First World War, and later enrolled in the civil service. Mother girl was an opera singer. Young people first met in Dublin, and in 1918 tied themselves to marriage. A year later, a daughter appeared in the family.
Embed from getty imagesIn 1920, Iris, together with his parents, moved to London. It is in the capital of England that the writer was held for children. Despite this, the problems of native Ireland always hurt a woman for living, she did not divert from her origin. In an interview, the author mentioned that her childhood was happy, and his union with his parents called the "perfect Trinity of Love."
Merrock graduated from an independent school in Rochempton, after which he entered the school for girls in Bristol. In 1938, she became a student of the Somerville College, belonging to the University of Oxford. At first, the girl studied on the course of English, and later began to study antique and British literature. In 1942 she received a 1st degree diploma, graduating from a college perfectly.
Embed from getty imagesContinue education Iris failed due to the beginning of the war. After studying, she went to work at the Ministry of Finance, and in 1944 he moved to the UN to the post of Clerk, where 2 years was launched. In 1947, the girl entered the postgraduate student of the Newnem College at the University of Cambridge, starting to study philosophy.
In the youth of Merrock, the teacher of the teacher of philosophy in Saint Anne's college at Oxford University. This work was devoted to 15 years of his life. Oxford became a fateful place for her: it was here that the most important events in her biography were happening.
Books
Writing Career Merrock began pretty late. Her debut novel, entitled "under the network", was published in 1954. For a woman, writing stories at first was an amateur occupation. She composed to the official release of his book, but the initial literary attempts before that were not demonstrated by the mass public.Embed from getty imagesCritics accepted "under the network" completely differently: someone admired, and someone categorically denied the complex combination of the traditions of the Plutovsky novel and philosophy. In the future, the book entered the list of "100 unsurpassed English-speaking novels of all times" according to Time magazine. The debut work of Iris became the only one of its entire bibliography with the dominance of a humorous genre.
Deciding to engage in literary labor professionally, Merrock began to act productively and confidently. After just 2 years after the first success on the counters of bookstores, her second book called "escape from the wizard", which was largely influenced by the popular existentialism philosophy.
In 1953, a woman created a book about Jean-Field Sartre. At the very beginning of his creative path, enthusiastic with the philosophy of existentialism, the girl was influenced by the novels of this author as the "wall" and "nausea".
The end of the 1960s was marked by the publication of a series of books, called the researchers of creativity Aris "Romans of Horror and Tyne": "Unicorn", "Angels Time", "Cut-off head", "Italian". In them, Merrock explores the impact on the man of destructive passions.
Comic subtext continued in the work of Merrock "Wild Rose". In it, a woman managed to show himself as a talented realistic writer, as well as the continuer of traditions laid down by the classics of British literature. Roman argues about freedom, love and marriage, and the author studies the relationship between these phenomena. In 1974, a 4-serial film was released on American television, which is an empty of this book.
The 1970s were characterized by the maturity of Iris as a writer. She sought to continue the traditions laid out by Shakespeare, which is an exemplary embodiment of good. The author immersed his readers in the theater poetic and created its own versions of classical literary plots. Shakespearean cycle includes such works as "Jackson's dilemma", "Black Prince", "Sea, Sea". Classic heroes received an updated interpretation from Merrock and switched their attention to the search for the meaning of life and good.
The weighty period of his creative life Iris drew inspiration from Plato. She began to reflect in his books about finding moral life, the ratio of illusion and reality. In the work of the "random man", a woman argued abundantly about moral quest, and also examined the moral problem of the responsibility of the individual to other people, using the comic form of filing.
Roman Iris "Black Prince", which is traditionally taken to be the best, came out in 1973. This work represents the author's interpretation of the Hamlet story. Also, literary critics are counted to the Platonovsky series.
The "black prince" is characteristic of a symbolic and wisdom structure, as well as saturation of philosophical views. The complex construction of the plot is replaced by frequent reflections of the main character. Thus, the book turned out to be difficult, but very exciting. In addition, the author does not fully interprets the novel by offering readers a few options for his interpretation. The novel, awarded James Tait's prize and nominated for a bucker premium, met criticism with delight.
The creativity of the writer of the 1980s was marked by an increase in the game component, it began to create novels as rebuses - with encrypted meanings, various scene conflicts and turns, hidden in complex quotes, alluzias, references. Roman "School of Virtue", published in 1985, talks about psychoanalyst, who is both a person and a demon, and a wizard who is drunk passion.
Embed from getty imagesThe last works written by Merrock lost the endless charm of prose, which was inherent in her early work. They strengthened moralistic. The last novel writer, published in 1992, was called "Jackson's Dilemma".
In 1987, Iris was awarded the title "Honorary Professor Oxford". Next year, she became the owner of the prestigious prize of Shakespeare. In addition, in 1989, a woman was awarded the highest title "Lady of Commander of the British Empire", and in 1997 - the Honorary Prize "Golden Pen" for services to British literature.
Personal life
In the personal life of Iris survived 2 serious dramas: during the war, he died hotly beloved men - Franz Steiner and Frank Thompson. For this reason, a long time a woman has failed to tie a serious relationship.
Embed from getty imagesIn early 50s, Merrock met in Oxford with a colleague named John Bailey. He worked as a teacher, a writer and literary criticism, so that a man and women had a lot of common interests. In 1956, they tied themselves to the bonds of marriage and were subsequently not separated until the death of the Great Writer. The couple did not have children.
An interesting fact is that after death Iris, her husband composed a biography book with archival photos, which later served as the basis for a popular film that received several statuettes "Oscar". Despite this, close Merrock with the negative was perceived by the book, arguing that the events from her biography were distorted and exaggerated.
Death
Iris Merdock, whose creativity is recognized by the whole literary community, in recent years of life suffered from Alzheimer's disease. This was the cause of her death.Embed from getty imagesShe suffered a memory loss, inability to continue intellectual activities, and was not able to serve himself. All the troubles took over her husband, who did everything so that the woman was not given to the nursing home.
February 8, 1999, Iris Merdock died. The writer left behind the great heritage.
Quotes
"Love is when the center of the Universe suddenly shifts and moves into someone else" "Find out - this is extremely instructive. For some time you see the world with completely different eyes" "All human affairs are not serious, but you need to treat them seriously"Bibliography
- 1954 - "under the network"
- 1957 - "Castle on the sand"
- 1963 - "Unicorn"
- 1964 - "Italian"
- 1969 - "Sleep Bruno"
- 1970 - "Honest Loss"
- 1975 - "Death of the Word"
- 1978 - "Sea, Sea"
- 1993 - "Green Knight"
- 1995 - "Jackson's Dilemma"