Edith Sitwell

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human literary critic modernist writer poet

Edith Sitwell was a British poet and critic known for her avant-garde verse, eccentric public persona, and influential role in early 20th-century modernist literature.

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Label Occurrences
Edith Sitwell canonical 6
Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell 1
Osbert Sitwell 1

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
literary critic ⓘ
modernist writer ⓘ
poet ⓘ
awardReceived Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ
burialPlace St Mary’s Church, Weedon Lois, Northamptonshire, England ⓘ
causeOfDeath cerebral hemorrhage ⓘ
collaboratedWith William Walton ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1887-09-07 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1964-12-09 ⓘ
describedBySource early 20th-century modernist literature ⓘ
educatedAt home education ⓘ
ethnicGroup English ⓘ
familyName Sitwell ⓘ
father Sir George Reresby Sitwell ⓘ
fullName Edith Sitwell self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell
genre literary criticism ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
givenName Edith ⓘ
honorificPrefix Dame ⓘ
influenced British modernist poets ⓘ
influencedBy French symbolist poetry ⓘ
knownFor avant-garde verse ⓘ
eccentric public persona ⓘ
influential role in British modernist poetry ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Sitwell family ⓘ
mother Lady Ida Emily Augusta Sitwell ⓘ
movement modernism ⓘ
name Edith Sitwell self-link ⓘ
notableWork Alexander Pope ⓘ
Bucolic Comedies ⓘ
Façade ⓘ
Gold Coast Customs ⓘ
The Canticle of the Rose ⓘ
The English Eccentrics ⓘ
The Sleeping Beauty ⓘ
Queen Victoria ⓘ
surface form: Victoria of England
occupation editor ⓘ
literary critic ⓘ
poet ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Scarborough ⓘ
surface form: Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England
placeOfDeath London, England ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence London, England ⓘ
Renishaw Hall, Derbyshire, England ⓘ
sexOrGender female ⓘ
sibling Osbert Sitwell ⓘ
Sacheverell Sitwell ⓘ
title Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ
workLocation London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

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William Walton → notableCollaboration → Edith Sitwell ⓘ
Façade → poet → Edith Sitwell ⓘ
Façade → authorOfText → Edith Sitwell ⓘ
Façade → workTextBy → Edith Sitwell ⓘ
Façade → artisticCollaborationBetween → Edith Sitwell ⓘ
Belshazzar’s Feast → textCompiler → Edith Sitwell ⓘ
this entity surface form: Osbert Sitwell
Edith Sitwell → name → Edith Sitwell self-link ⓘ
Edith Sitwell → fullName → Edith Sitwell self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell