Muriel Spark

Dame Muriel Spark

Spark in 1960
Spark in 1960
BornMuriel Sarah Camberg
(1918-02-01)1 February 1918
Edinburgh, Scotland
Died13 April 2006(2006-04-13) (aged 88)
Oliveto, Tuscany, Italy
Resting placeCemetery of Sant'Andrea Apostolo, Civitella in Val di Chiana
Occupation
  • Novelist
  • short story writer
  • poet
  • essayist
LanguageEnglish
Alma materHeriot-Watt College
Notable works
Spouse
Sidney Oswald Spark
(m. 1937; sep. 1940)
ChildrenSamuel Robin

Dame Muriel Sarah Spark (née Camberg; 1 February 1918 – 13 April 2006)[1] was a Scottish novelist, short story writer, poet and essayist.

  1. ^ Jenny Turner (17 April 2006), "Dame Muriel Spark", The Guardian, archived from the original on 14 May 2008, retrieved 28 September 2007.