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John Bayley
ジョン・ベイリー
Jon Beirī
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1925-03-27 （Lahore, Punjab, British India）
- Died
- 2015-01-12 （Lanzarote, Canary Islands） age 89
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- Oxford
Career
- Occupations
- writer, literary critic, professor
- Active Years
- 1953-2015
- Affiliations
- University of Oxford, St Catherine's College, Oxford
- Memberships
- Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL), Grenadier Guards
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eton College | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
| New College, Oxford | — | English | — | — | United Kingdom |
Eton College
Country:
United Kingdom
New College, Oxford
English
Country:
United Kingdom
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) | — | — | British Government | 受章 |
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
1999
Organization:
British Government
Result:
受章
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Iris: A Memoir of Iris Murdoch
1998 MemoirMemoir about his wife Iris Murdoch's battle with Alzheimer's disease.
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Adaptations
- [Film] Iris / Richard Eyre (2001)
Bibliography
- In Another Country (1986)
- Alice (1994)
- The Queer Captain (1995)
- George's Lair (1996)
- The Red Hat (1997)
- The Romantic Survival (1953)
- The Characters of Love: A Study in the Literature of Personality (1960)
- Keats and Reality (1969)
- Pushkin: A Comparative Commentary (1971)
- The Uses of Division (1976)
- An Essay on Hardy (1978)
- Shakespeare and Tragedy (1981)
- Selected Essays (1984)
- The Order of Battle at Trafalgar (1987)
- The Short Story: Henry James to Elizabeth Bowen (1988)
- Tolstoy and the Novel (1988)
- Housman's Poems (1992)
- Iris: A Memoir of Iris Murdoch (1998)
- Elegy for Iris (1999)
- Iris and the Friends: A Year of Memories (1999)
- Widower's House (2001)
- Hand Luggage: A Personal Anthology (2001)
- The Power of Delight (2005)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Acclaimed for dissections of Goethe, Pushkin, and Jane AustenDeep knowledge and logical examinationExcelling in poetry, Russian, and Central European literature
Legacy
British academic and literary critic, Warton Professor of English at Oxford, known for memoir of wife Iris Murdoch.
Academic Societies
- British Academy
- Royal Society of Literature
In Popular Culture
- Portrayed by Jim Broadbent as older Bayley in 2001 film Iris, winning Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Quotes
-
perhaps 'the greatest critic since Coleridge'.
Source: Iris Murdoch -
sex was 'inescapably ridiculous'.
Source: John Bayley
Trivia
- Served in Grenadier Guards during World War II.
- Married Iris Murdoch from 1956 until her death in 1999.
- Remarried Audi Villiers in 2001.