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All artists dream of a silence which they must enter, as some creatures return to the sea to spawn.

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Iris Murdoch
Age: 79 †
Born: 1919
Born: July 15
Died: 1999
Died: February 8
Author
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Novelist
Philosopher
Poet
Professor
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Writer
Dublin city
Jean Iris Murdoch
Dame Iris Murdoch
Silence
Artist
Dream
Spawn
Must
Enter
Artists
Sea
Creatures
Return

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