Sitwell
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Dame Edith, 1887–1964, English poet and critic.
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her brother Sir Osbert, 1892–1969, English poet and novelist.
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her brother Sir Sacheverell 1897–1988, English poet, novelist, and art critic.
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Dame Edith. 1887–1964, English poet and critic, noted esp for her collection Façade (1922)
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her brother, Sir Osbert. 1892–1969, English writer, best known for his five autobiographical books (1944–50)
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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
Henrietta Sitwell, whose family owned Weston for 300 years, said it was one of many "exciting discoveries".
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2021
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
What reads as a different novel altogether is actually a clever complement to the Sitwell section.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 20, 2021
To Mrs. Sitwell The special mood or occasion of unaccustomed bitterness which prompted this rhapsody has passed from memory beyond recall.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 23 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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