Garnett, Angelica
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| Birthname | Angelica Bell | ||
| born on | 25 December 1918 at 02:00 (= 02:00 AM ) | ||
| Place | Lewes, England, 50n52, 0e01 | ||
| Timezone | GMT h0w (is standard time) | ||
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| Astrology data |   02°28'   00°25 Asc. 23°15'
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Biography
English artist and writer, the daughter of Vanessa Bell and artist Duncan Grant. Her mother was married at the time of her birth to Clive Bell and young Angelica was not told her of her biological father's identity until she was 18. Garnett was the niece of Virginia Woolf and was part of the Bloomsbury Group of intellectuals.
She married the light-fiction writer David Garnett in 1942; he was over 25 years her senior and had been Duncan Grant's lover. Together they had four daughters. By 1961, the year her mother died, she and Garnett had divorced. She is the author of "Deceived with Kindness," her autobiography, published in 1984. She has spent the latter part of her life in the south of France.
Events
- Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1984 (Autobiography)
- Death of Father 1978 (Duncan Grant, her biological father)
- Death of Mother 1961
- Relationship : Marriage 1942 (David Garnett)
Source Notes
Sy Scholfield quotes time from "A House of Lions" by Leon Edel as quoted in a newspaper article: "Priests of a New Civilization; Priests Author's Query" by Christopher Ricks, New York Times, July 1, 1979, p.BR1+
Categories
- Vocation : Writers : Autobiographer
- Family : Childhood : Family noted (Daughter of Vanessa Bell)
- Family : Parenting : Kids more than 3 (Four Daughters)
- Family : Relationship : Mate - Age difference more than 15 yrs
- Lifestyle : Social Life : Groups (Part of the Bloomsbury Group)
- Lifestyle : Home : Expatriate (Lives in the South of France)
