Vita Sackville-West
English poet, novelist, and garden designer known for works including All Passion Spent and for creating the celebrated gardens at Sissinghurst; she was also a prominent figure in early 20th-century literary circles and had a close association with Virginia Woolf.
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- Born in
- Knole House
- Awards
- 🏆 Hawthornden Prize🏆 Veitch Memorial Medal🏆 Companion of Honour🏆 Heinemann Award
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Trending topics shown first"Of course I have no right whatsoever to write down the truth about my life involving as it naturally does the lives of so many other people, but I do so urged by a necessity of truth-telling, because …"
"I have come to the conclusion, after many years of sometimes sad experience, that you cannot come to any conclusion at all."
"Damn you, spoilt creature; I shan’t make you love me any the more by giving myself away like this."
"It is quite true that you have had infinitely more influence on me intellectually than anyone, and for this alone I love you."
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1892
Born
Birth1962
Died
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