Sitwell, Edith

Edith Sitwell
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Edith Sitwell

Name	Sitwell, Edith Gender: F
born on	7 September 1887 at 13:30 (= 1:30 PM )
Place	Scarborough, England, 54n17, 0w24
Timezone	GMT h0w (is standard time)
Data source	From memory Rodden Rating A Collector: Harvey
Astrology data	14°35' 10°15 Asc. 07°02'

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Biography

British writer, the first poet to be named a Commander of the British Empire; in 1954 she was made a Dame. Experimental and eccentric, her works included "Facade," 1922 "Collected Poems," 1930 and more. "The Pleasures Of Poetry," 1930-1932 was one of her many critical works. She also edited "Wheels," an annual magazine, during WW I. As she hated physical exercise, she wrote in bed. Her early work was lightly imagistic, macabre, wistful and exhibited a spectrum of color. Later, her work became more tightly knit, infusing simple matters with reverence and an aura of great significance.

Sitwell was born to a landed aristocracy in which all three kids were highly gifted but difficult to categorize; her two brothers were Osbert and Sacheverell. In 1954 she converted to Catholicism for which she held a deep religious passion. Three years later, she became a visiting professor at the Institute of Contemporary Arts.

Sitwell died on 12/09/1964, London, England.

Link to Wikipedia biography

Events

• Social : Secrets revealed 1997 (First exec to admit cigerette smoking is addictive)

• Work : Gain social status 1954 (Made Dame of British Empire)

• Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1922 ("Facade")

• Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1930 ("Collected Poems")

• Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1930 ("The Pleasures of Poetry")

• Death, Cause unspecified 9 December 1964 (Age 77 in London)

Source Notes

Martin Harvey quotes her through a mutual friend in AQ Summer 1948

In her autobiography "Taken Care Of," she writes on p.5 that her father was having a luncheon party and her mother "narrowly escaped producing me on the cricket ground. She was rushed to Wood End where, within the space of an hour or two, I was born."

Categories

• Vocation : Business : Banker/ Financier (Financier)

• Vocation : Business : Middle Management (Administrator)

• Vocation : Business : Top executive (CEO)

• Vocation : Writers : Autobiographer

• Vocation : Writers : Poet

• Notable : Book Collection : Profiles Of Women

• Traits : Personality : Eccentric

• Vocation : Education : Teacher (Institiute of Contemporary Arts)

• Family : Childhood : Sibling circumstances (Two brothers, all kids gifted)

• Family : Childhood : Advantaged (Born to landed aristocracy)

• Vocation : Writers : Publisher/ Editor (Of annual national magazine)

• Notable : Awards : Knighted (Commander and Dame of British Empire)

• Notable : Famous : Other Famous (Commander and Dame of British Empire)