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What is Iris Murdoch known for?

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Iris Murdoch is an Irish-born British novelist (1919–99) known for her psychological novels that contain philosophical and comic elements, convoluted plots, and realistic observations of 20th-century life among middle-class professionals. Her award-winning novels include The Black Prince (1973; winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize) and The Sea, the Sea (1978; winner of the Booker Prize). Murdoch also wrote plays, verse, and works of philosophy and literary criticism. Of her nonfiction writings, The Sovereignty of Good (1970) is the most influential.