Author+-+The+Black+Madonna

// Writing Assignment: // // List biographical information about the author which you believe is relevant for understanding the story (use bullets). Then write a short text which explains how the points you have listed are relevant to the story. //


 * //1918 was born in Edinburgh, Scotland //
 * //with 19 she went to Southern Rhodesia ////( ////now ////Zimbabwe) //
 * // 1954 she converted to Roman Catholic //
 * // 1954 she converted to Roman Catholic //

// Muriel Sparks was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in a Jewish-Protestant Family in 1918. Already with 19 age she married and went to Zimbabwe. //// There she was confronted with the situation of blacks and whites... // // In the early 1950s //// a priest helped her when she had problems with health and financial difficulties. Thereupon Muriel converted to Roman Catholic. // // (later more, wera) //