Sale of Iris Murdoch’s book collection to fund prestigious scholarship

MONEY raised from the expected sale of famed author Iris Murdoch’s working library will create a prestigious scholarship in her name, it emerged yesterday.

A huge collection of books, ranging across philosophy, religion and psychology, was among an array of British literature being displayed at the Antiquarian Book Fair in Kensington, west London.

Dame Iris collected 1,200 books, including works by philosophers such as Jean-Paul Sartre and Karl Marx as well as famed ancient writer Plato.