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Victoria Mary, Lady Nicolson, (née Sackville-West, 9 March 1892 - 2 June 1962), also known as '''Vita Sackville-West''', was an English novelist, poet, journalist, and garden designer.  
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 ==
== Early Life and Education ==
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== Private Life and Career ==
== Private Life and Career ==


Relationship with [[Virginia Woolf]]
Sackville served as the inspiration for [[Virginia Woolf]]'s novel [[Orlando]], a story that spans centuries and follows the titular and ambiguously gendered character Orlando.


== Death and Legacy ==
== Death and Legacy ==

Revision as of 17:28, 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

Private Life and Career

Sackville served as the inspiration for Virginia Woolf's novel Orlando, a story that spans centuries and follows the titular and ambiguously gendered character Orlando.

Death and Legacy

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)


References

Sproles, Karyn Z. Desiring Women: The Partnership of Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West, University of Toronto Press, 2006.