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== Early Life and Education == | == Early Life and Education == | ||
Her mother was Victoria Sackville-West, Baroness Sackville | Her mother was [[Victoria Sackville-West]], Baroness Sackville | ||
== Career == | == Career == | ||
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== Death, Legacy, and Popular Culture == | == Death, Legacy, and Popular Culture == | ||
Sackville died in ----. Her works and cultural contributions have made a lasting impression. The biographical romantic drama film ''''Vita & Virginia'''' (2018)<ref>''Vita & Virginia''. Directed by Chanya Button, performances by Gemma Arterton, Elizabeth Debicki, Rupert Penry-Jones, Peter Ferdinando, Thunderbird Releasing, 2018.</ref> by [[Chanya Button]] is among one of the more recent references to the iconic duo in contemporary | Sackville died in ----. Her works and cultural contributions have made a lasting impression. The biographical romantic drama film '''''Vita & Virginia''''' (2018)<ref>''Vita & Virginia''. Directed by [[Chanya Button]], performances by Gemma Arterton, Elizabeth Debicki, Rupert Penry-Jones, Peter Ferdinando, Thunderbird Releasing, 2018.</ref> by [[Chanya Button]] is among one of the more recent references to the iconic duo in contemporary popular culture. | ||
== Selected Works == | == Selected Works == | ||
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* ''All Passion Spent'' (1931) | * ''All Passion Spent'' (1931) | ||
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* Sproles, Karyn Z. ''Desiring Women: The Partnership of Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West'', University of Toronto Press, 2006. | * Sproles, Karyn Z. ''Desiring Women: The Partnership of Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West'', University of Toronto Press, 2006. | ||
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Revision as of 18:02, 30 June 2024
Victoria Mary, Lady Nicolson, (née Sackville-West, 9 March 1892 - 2 June 1962), best known as Vita Sackville-West, was an English novelist, poet, journalist, and garden designer.
Early Life and Education
Her mother was Victoria Sackville-West, Baroness Sackville
Career
Private Life
Sackville even served as the inspiration for Virginia Woolf's novel Orlando, a story that spans centuries and follows the titular and ambiguously gendered character named Orlando.
She was associated with legendary Bloomsbury Group and one of the bestselling authors of Hogarth Press, the publishing house owned by Virginia and Leonard Woolf.
Death, Legacy, and Popular Culture
Sackville died in ----. Her works and cultural contributions have made a lasting impression. The biographical romantic drama film Vita & Virginia (2018)[1] by Chanya Button is among one of the more recent references to the iconic duo in contemporary popular culture.
Selected Works
- The Heir: A Love Story Knole and the Sackvilles (1922)
- Challenge (1923)
- Seducers in Ecuador (1924)
- The Land (1926)
- The Edwardians (1930)
- All Passion Spent (1931)
Sources
- Sproles, Karyn Z. Desiring Women: The Partnership of Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West, University of Toronto Press, 2006.
References
- ↑ Vita & Virginia. Directed by Chanya Button, performances by Gemma Arterton, Elizabeth Debicki, Rupert Penry-Jones, Peter Ferdinando, Thunderbird Releasing, 2018.