Sackville-West, Vita

Sackville-West, Vita
orig. Victoria Mary Sackville-West

born March 9, 1892, Knole, Kent, Eng.
died June 2, 1962, Sissinghurst Castle, Kent

British novelist and poet.

The daughter of a baron, she married the diplomat and author Harold Nicolson (1886–1968) in 1913; her journal was the basis of Portrait of a Marriage (1973) by their son Nigel, which described a happy marriage in which both partners were principally homosexual. Her gift for evoking the beauty of the Kentish countryside was evident in her long poem The Land (1926). Her best-known novels are The Edwardians (1930) and All Passion Spent (1931). She also wrote biographies and gardening books. She was the inspiration for the title character in her friend Virginia Woolf's novel Orlando.

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  • Sackville-West, Vita — orig. Victoria Mary Sackville West (9 mar. 1892, Knole, Kent, Inglaterra–2 jun. 1962, castillo de Sissinghurst, Kent). Novelista y poeta británica. Hija de un barón, se casó con el escritor y diplomático Harold Nicolson (n. 1886–m. 1968) en 1913 …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Sackville-West, Vita —  (1892–1962) English writer …   Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

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  • Vita Sackville-West — [Vita Sackville West] (1892–1962) an English writer who published several novels, collections of poetry and other books. She married the writer Harold Nicolson, but also had sexual affairs with women, including Virginia Woolf. The gardens she… …   Useful english dictionary

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  • Vita Sackville-West — Vita por Philip Alexius de Laszlo en 1910 …   Wikipedia Español

  • Sackville-West —   [ sækvɪl west], Victoria Mary (Vita), englische Schriftstellerin, * Knole Castle (County Kent) 9. 3. 1892, ✝ Sissinghurst Castle (County Kent) 2. 7. 1962; entstammte dem Hochadel; ab 1913 Ȋ mit H. Nicolson. Ihr als skandalös geltender… …   Universal-Lexikon

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