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  • NAME: Edith Sitwell
  • OCCUPATION: Poet
  • BIRTH DATE: September 07, 1887
  • DEATH DATE: December 09, 1964
  • PLACE OF BIRTH: Scarborough, United Kingdom
  • PLACE OF DEATH: London, United Kingdom
  • Full Name: Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell

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Dame Edith Sitwell was an English poet was famous for her formidable personality, Elizabethan dress, and eccentric opinions.

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Dame Edith Sitwell was born on Sept. 7, 1887 in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England. A member of a distinguished literary family; her first book, The Mother and Other Poems, appeared in 1915. She edited the 1916 anthology Wheels, which defined her poetic style. In her WWII-era work, she displays a great mastery of technique. Sitwell was created Dame of the British Empire in 1954. She died in 1964.

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