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Edith Sitwell

1887 - 1964

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Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell (7 September 1887 – 9 December 1964) was a British poet and critic and the eldest of the three literary Sitwells. She reacted badly to her eccentric, unloving parents and lived much of her life with her governess. She never married but became passionately attached to Russian painter Pavel Tchelitchew, and her home was always open to London's poetic circle, to whom she was generous and helpful. Sitwell published poetry continuously from 1913, some of it abstract and set to music. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edith Sitwell is the 5,192nd most popular writer (down from 4,722nd in 2019), the 4,131st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,416th in 2019) and the 442nd most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Edith Sitwell ranks 5,192 out of 7,302. Before her are Cordwainer Smith, Fedde Schurer, Yamabe no Akahito, Alexander Ablesimov, Milan Rúfus, and Charlaine Harris. After her are Adelaide Anne Procter, Petr Bezruč, Henryk Rzewuski, Peter Scholl-Latour, Brian Lumley, and Kedarnath Singh.

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Among people born in 1887, Edith Sitwell ranks 231. Before her are Charles Marion, Jacob L. Devers, L. S. Lowry, Jakob van Hoddis, René Maran, and Albert Paris Gütersloh. After her are Olga Oelkers, Walter Johnson, Friedrich Gogarten, Sid Kimpton, Carl Blegen, and Benjamin Glazer. Among people deceased in 1964, Edith Sitwell ranks 160. Before her are Paul Weinstein, Sakari Tuomioja, Steponas Kairys, Cecília Meireles, Consuelo Vanderbilt, and Axel Norling. After her are Luiz Gervazoni, Kate Gillou, William Garbutt, Nguyễn Văn Trỗi, Carlos Quintanilla, and Georg Jacoby.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edith Sitwell ranks 4,132 out of 8,785. Before her are Polly Walker (1966), Oliver Sykes (1986), Lloyd Hildebrand (1870), Jim Sturgess (1978), Liz Smith (1921), and Natalia Tena (1984). After her are Bernard Bosanquet (1848), Brian Lumley (1937), Kenney Jones (1948), Thomas Wedgwood (1771), Jenny Clack (1947), and Joe Cole (1988).

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Among writers born in United Kingdom, Edith Sitwell ranks 442. Before her are Stephen Spender (1909), Joan Aiken (1924), Elizabeth Jane Howard (1923), William Harrison Ainsworth (1805), Edward James (1907), and Bob Shaw (1931). After her are Brian Lumley (1937), Gillian Rubinstein (1942), Joyce Mansour (1928), Thomas Dekker (1572), Jeanette Winterson (1959), and Gilbert Adair (1944).

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