Sitwell

American  

[sit-wuhl, -wel] / ˈsɪt wəl, -wɛl /

noun

1. Dame Edith, 1887–1964, English poet and critic.

2. her brother Sir Osbert, 1892–1969, English poet and novelist.

3. her brother Sir Sacheverell 1897–1988, English poet, novelist, and art critic.

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Sitwell British  

/ ˈsɪtwəl /

noun

1. Dame Edith. 1887–1964, English poet and critic, noted esp for her collection Façade (1922)

2. her brother, Sir Osbert. 1892–1969, English writer, best known for his five autobiographical books (1944–50)

3. his brother, Sir Sacheverell (səˈʃɛvərəl). 1897–1988, English poet and writer of books on art, architecture, music, and travel

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Fame brought her introductions to such literary heavyweights as Carson McCullers, Carl Sandburg, Jean-Paul Sartre, Edith Sitwell and Dylan Thomas, all of whom came to regard her with respect and affection.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

Glen Sitwell, a building manager who watched all of this play out from his corner office, said the aggressive posture of the agents took him aback.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2025

The designer loves to pluck maverick characters out of British history as inspirations; this season was the turn of the poet Edith Sitwell and Ottoline Morrell, an aristocratic philanthropist.

From New York Times ● Sep. 21, 2021

Mr Clay is speaking in a wood-panelled room in what was once the home of the aristocratic Sitwell family.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2021

To this Colonel Sitwell agreed, but it was decided to wait until the remaining companies of the left half-battalion of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers were up.

From The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland by Cecil Francis Romer