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Sitwell, Edith Louisa. Poet and critic, 1887-1964

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Sitwell, Edith Louise

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سيتول، ايدث، ١٨٨٧-١٩٦٤م

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Sitwell, Dame Edith Louisa 1887-1964

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Sîtwil, Idith 1887-1964

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シットウェル, イーディス

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English poet, biographer, critic, and anthologist. Edited and contributed to the annual anthology Wheels.

From the description of Edith Sitwell correspondence, 1942-1944. (Texas Woman's University Library). WorldCat record id: 28185434

English poet, critic, and novelist.

From the description of Letter to an unknown recipient, ca. 1949. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647817483 From the description of Photoprint and letter, n.d. and 1981 October 28. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647818177

English author and poet.

From the description of Edith Sitwell collection, [19uu]. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70969799

Dame Edith Sitwell (1887-1945) was an English poet, prose author and renowned eccentric. Sitwell was born into a prominent literary family and participated in literary endeavors with her brothers, Sir Osbert and Sir Sacheverell Sitwell. Her first book, The mother and other poems, was published in 1915, and Sitwell steadily published poetry from this point until her death. Her last book of poems, The outcasts, appeared in 1962, and her Collected poems were published in 1930. Although chiefly known as a poet, Sitwell also composed works in prose, many of which were nonfiction works and biographies. In 1953 Sitwell completed a film script based on her book on the life of Elizabeth I, A fanfare for Elizabeth (1946). A book of Sitwell's letters, Selected letters, was published in 1970, six years after her death.

From the description of Papers of Dame Edith Sitwell, 1913-1915. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122499628

Edith Louisa Sitwell (1887-1964), the poet and critic, first met Pavel Fyodorovitch Tchelitchew, the Russian migr artist (1898-1957), in Paris in January 1927. She became a firm friend and strong supporter and patron of his, and he was to paint her portrait at least six times. He was then living with his sister Choura (b 1903); she was to marry Alexander Zaoussailoff in 1935. A warm and long-lasting friendship developed between the two women. They frequently dined together in Paris during Edith's stays in the city, and there is ample evidence in the letters of Edith's affectionate concern for Choura and those close to her.

From the guide to the Edith Sitwell Letters, 1930-1962, (University of Sussex Library)

Poet Edith Sitwell's long and varied career is an echo of the 20th century. She was born into an aristocratic if slightly dysfunctional family, and had early success as a poet and anthologist, aided by memorable public readings. Her early poems were extravagantly stylish and innovative; her comparatively neglected later work is equally successful in exploring social injustice, equally stylish and sharp. She was also an influential editor and mentor, encouraging such poets as Wilfred Owen and Dylan Thomas, and remains a vital and undervalued 20th century poetic voice.

From the description of Edith Sitwell letters, 1921-1956. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 55081882

Edith Sitwell was an English writer.

From the description of Edith Sitwell collection. [1943-1957]. (University of Victoria Libraries). WorldCat record id: 676777152

English poet.

From the description of Telegram : Eckington, to Kenneth Clark, 1949 Nov. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773124733 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Renishaw Hall [near Sheffield], to Kenneth Clark, 1950 Jan. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773126652 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Sheffield, to "My dear K," 1947 July 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 772523187 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Jane Clark, 1942 Oct. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 772537099 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Renishaw Hall [near Sheffield], to Kenneth Clark, 1947 July 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 772644772 From the description of The death of a giant and At the cross-roads: autograph poems signed, undated [ca. 1958]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 772130304 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Kenneth Clark, 1960 Oct. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773748361 From the description of Song : autograph poem signed, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 772148310 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Jane Clark, 1960 Dec. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773749379 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Montagnana, to Kenneth Clark, 1952 Oct. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773299138 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Taormina , Italy, to Jane Clark, 1952 Jan. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773288634 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Montagnana, to Jane Clark, 1952 Sept. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773298088 From the description of His blood colours my cheek : autograph poem signed, undated [ca. 1962]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 772156900 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Jane Clark, 1961 Apr. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773759396 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Renishaw Hall [near Sheffield], to Kenneth Clark, 1951 June 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773281750 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Renishaw Hall [near Sheffield], to Kenneth Clark, 1949 May 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773076825 From the description of The bee-keeper : autograph poem signed, undated [ca. 1947]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 772465485 From the description of A song of the dust : autograph poem signed, undated [ca. 1953]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 772459194 From the description of The song of Dido and Song : autograph poems signed, undated [ca. 1953]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 772461962 From the description of The wind of early spring : autograph poem signed, undated [ca. 1953]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 772459487 From the description of Out of school : autograph poem signed, undated [ca. 1949]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 772460806 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Kenneth Clark, "Saturday" [1947 July]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 774037337 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Jane Clark, undated [1935-1964]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773936740 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Kenneth Clark, [1935-1962]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773935626 From the description of Telegram : London, to Jane Clark, [1952]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773928075 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Jane Clark, "Monday" [1956]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773940614 From the description of Autograph letter : Montegnana, Italy, to Kenneth Clark, 1959 Dec. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773715760 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Jane Clark, 1954 Aug. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773393269 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Montagnana, Italy, to Jane Clark, 1955 May 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773395262 From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to Kenneth Clark, 1953 Nov. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773371799 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Hollywood, Calif., to Jane Clark, 1953 Dec. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773372854 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Montagnana, Italy, to Jane Clark, 1955 Nov. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773405009 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Renishaw Hall [near Sheffield], to Jane Clark, 1955 Sept. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773408187 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Jane Clark, 1954 June 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773373858 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Renishaw Hall [near Sheffield], to Kenneth Clark, 1954 June 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773383342 From the description of Autograph letter signed : "as from Montagnana, Italy," to Jane Clark, 1954 Sept. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773394929 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Montagnana, Italy, to Kenneth Clark, 1954 Sept. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773390060 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Kenneth Clark, 1954 Aug. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773388177 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Montagnana, Italy, to Jane Clark, 1954 Oct. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773395187 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Renishaw Hall [near Sheffield], to Kenneth Clark, "Monday" [1956 June or July]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773830470 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Jane Clark, "Thursday" [1957]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773834470 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Kenneth Clark, undated [ca. 1947?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773828565 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Renishaw Hall [near Sheffield], to Jane Clark, "Monday" [1950]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773823883 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Renishaw Hall [near Sheffield], to Jane Clark, "Sunday" [1935-1964]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773835654 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Jane Clark, 1964 Oct. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773823147 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Jane Clark, "Sunday" [after 1952 Dec.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773834011 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Jane Clark, "Monday" [1935-1964]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773829428 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Renishaw Hall [near Sheffield], to Kenneth Clark, 1946 Aug. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773831207 From the description of Autograph letter signed "the Displaced Person" : Montagnana, Italy, to Jane Clark, "Wednesday the 14th" [1955 Sept. 14?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773836316 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Jane Clark, "Saturday" [before 1959 June 12]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773829322 From the description of Autograph letter signed : "as from Renishaw Hall" [near Sheffield], to Kenneth Clark, "Friday" [1956 June]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773824033 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Jane Clark, "Friday" [1935-1964]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773835619 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Kenneth Clark, "Monday" [1946-1960]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773827309 From the description of Autograph poems (29) : [various places], to Kenneth and Jane Clark (Lord and Lady Clark), ca. 1947-1960. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270664519 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Renishaw Hall [near Sheffield], to Jane Clark, 1950 Mar. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773195794 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Montagnana, Italy, to Kenneth Clark, 1950 May 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773196523 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Renishaw Hall [near Sheffield], to Kenneth Clark, 1951 Apr. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773212015 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Renishaw Hall [near Sheffield], to Jane Clark, 1950 Aug. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773198607 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Los Angeles, to Jane Clark, 1951 Jan. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773209955 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Montagnana, Italy, to Jane Clark, 1950 May 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773196574 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Montagnana, Italy, to Jane Clark, 1959 Jan. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773611884 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Kenneth Clark, 1959 July 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773617161 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Jane Clark, 1958 May 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773610628 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Jane Clark, "Saturday" [1957 Aug. 10]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773601040 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Jane Clark, 1959 June 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773612431 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Montagnana, Italy, to Jane Clark, 1956 Jan. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773591133 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Kenneth Clark, 1958 Mar. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773610531 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Jane Clark, 1959 Mar. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773611206 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Renishaw Hall [near Sheffield], to Jane Clark, 1956 June 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773591988 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Renishaw Hall [near Sheffield], to Jane Clark, 1956 Sept. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773593744 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Montagnana, Italy, to Jane Clark, 1958 Nov. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773611433 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Renishaw Hall [near Sheffield], to Jane Clark, 1959 June 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773612656 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Montagnana, Italy, to Jane Clark, 1957 Sept. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773599821 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Renishaw Hall [near Sheffield], to Jane Clark, 1959 June 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773613048 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Renishaw Hall [near Sheffield], to Jane Clark, 1950 June 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773198165 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Jane Clark, 1958 Feb. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773601195 From the description of Autograph letter : Montagnana, Italy, to Jane Clark, 1959 Feb. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773611932 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Renishaw Hall [near Sheffield], to Jane Clark, 1958 July 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773610319 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Montagnana, Italy, to Jane Clark, 1957 Jan. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773599210 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Jane Clark, "Thursday" [after 1957 July 31]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773828361 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Kenneth Clark, "Sunday" (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773836600 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Kenneth Clark, 1959 July 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773702974 From the description of Autograph letter : Montegnana, Italy, to Kenneth Clark, 1960 Jan. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773712155 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Jane Clark, 1959 July 29[-30]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773701102 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Montagnana, Italy, to Kenneth Clark, 1956 Jan. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773402978 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Renishaw Hall [near Sheffield], to Jane Clark, 1954 June 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773383197 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Montagnana, Italy, to Jane Clark, 1955 Nov. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773398202 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Renishaw Hall [near Sheffield], to Kenneth Clark, 1950 Jan. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773126979 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Montagnana, Italy, to Jane Clark, "Friday" [1960 or later?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773834951 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Jane Clark, 1963 Mar. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773821937 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Renishaw Hall [near Sheffield], to Jane Clark, "Monday" [1956 June or July]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773830646 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Renishaw Hall [near Sheffield], to Kenneth Clark, 1949 Nov. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773125051 From the description of Autograph letters signed (179) : [various places], to Kenneth and Jane Clark (Lord and Lady Clark), 1935 Oct. 15-1964 Oct. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270664201 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Renishaw Hall [near Sheffield], to Jane Clark, 1950 Mar. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773194197 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Renishaw Hall [near Sheffield], to Jane Clark, 1958 Aug. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773610790 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Montagnana, Italy, to Jane Clark, 1956 Oct. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773593898 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Renishaw Hall [near Sheffield], to Kenneth Clark, 1956 June 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773591921 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Renishaw Hall [near Sheffield], to Jane Clark, 1957 July 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773600169 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Montagnana, Italy, to Jane Clark, 1950 Apr. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773196197 From the description of The shadow of Cain : autograph poem signed, undated [ca. 1947]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 772518875 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Kenneth Clark, 1959 July 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773700896 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Jane Clark, "Monday" [ca. 1956 Apr. 2]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773831967 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Jane Clark, 1963 Sept. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773822353 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Montagnana, Italy, to Jane Clark, 1950 May 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773197361 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Jane Clark, 1958 May 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773610598 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Renishaw Hall [near Sheffield], to Jane Clark, 1958 Sept. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773610966 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Jane Clark, 1959 Mar. 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773611339 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Jane Clark, 1961 July 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773759175 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Kenneth Clark, 1961 Jan. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773758451 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Jane Clark, 1961 Apr. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773758953 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Jane Clark, 1961 Jan. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773757347 From the description of Dirge for the new sunrise : autograph poem signed, undated [ca. 1949]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 772147883 From the description of Autograph letter : Montegnana, Italy, to Jane Clark, 1960 Feb. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773723369 From the description of Gardeners and astronomers : autograph poem, undated [ca. 1953]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 772150729 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Jane Clark, 1961 Feb. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773758875 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Renishaw Hall [near Sheffield], to Jane Clark, 1960 Sept. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773749328 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Jane Clark, 1961 Aug. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773759218 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Jane Clark, 1961 Aug. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773760242 From the description of Autograph letter : London, to Jane Clark, 1960 Mar. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773748306 From the description of Spring morning : autograph poem signed, undated [ca. 1949]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 772138731 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Kenneth Clark, 1961 Aug. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773759655 From the description of Queen Anne Boleyn's song : autograph poem signed, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 772162211 From the description of Autograph letter : Montegnana, Italy, to Jane Clark, 1960 Feb. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773748229 From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to Jane Clark, 1953 Nov. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773309086 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Taormina , Italy, to Jane Clark, 1951 Dec. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773284335 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Montagnana, Italy, to Kenneth Clark, 1953 Sept. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773307027 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Hollywood, Calif., to Jane Clark, 1953 Mar. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773305963 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Kenneth Clark, 1952 May 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773298016 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Montagnana, Italy, to Jane Clark, 1953 Sept. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773307419 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Salerno, Italy, to Jane Clark, 1952 Jan. 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773291778 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Taormina , Italy, to Jane Clark, 1951 Dec. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773283895 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Renishaw Hall [near Sheffield], to Jane Clark, 1951 Nov. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773284114 From the description of Autograph letter signed : on board the S. S. United States, to Jane Clark, 1952 Mar. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773303168 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Taormina , Italy, to Kenneth Clark, 1951 Dec. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773285502 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Renishaw Hall [near Sheffield], to Jane Clark, 1951 Apr. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773279592 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Renishaw Hall [near Sheffield], to Jane Clark, 1953 June 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773306760 From the description of Autograph letter signed : on board the S. S. United States, to Kenneth Clark, 1952 Mar. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773296446 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Montagnana, to Kenneth Clark, 1952 Mar. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773299433 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Montagnana, Italy, to Kenneth Clark, 1953 Oct. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773307977 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Renishaw Hall [near Sheffield], to Kenneth Clark, 1951 Apr. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773280387 From the description of Portion of an autograph letter : Sheffield, to [Kenneth Clark], [after 1947 July 24]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 772524412 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Renishaw Hall [near Sheffield], to Jane Clark, 1944 Mar. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 772540576 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to Jane Clark, 1937 June 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 772537261 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Renishaw Hall [near Sheffield], to Kenneth Clark, 1945 June 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 772542761 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to Kenneth Clark, 1937 Jan. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 772537671 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Renishaw Hall [near Sheffield], to Jane Clark, 1944 Sept. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 772542352 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Renishaw Hall [near Sheffield], to Kenneth Clark, 1945 Dec. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 772543325 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Renishaw Hall [near Sheffield , to Jane Clark, 1949 Apr. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773042049 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Renishaw Hall [near Sheffield , to Kenneth Clark, 1947 Dec. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773050451 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Renishaw Hall [near Sheffield], to Kenneth Clark, 1946 July 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 772636573 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Kenneth Clark, 1947 May 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 772639866 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Renishaw Hall [near Sheffield], to Kenneth Clark, 1946 May 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 772633825 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Jane Clark, 1945 Dec. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 772630018 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Bournemouth, to Kenneth Clark, 1946 Jan. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 772630133 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Renishaw Hall [near Sheffield], to Kenneth Clark, 1947 June 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 772640183 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Renishaw Hall [near Sheffield], to Kenneth Clark, 1946 Jan. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 772630822 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Renishaw Hall [near Sheffield], to Jane Clark, 1946 May 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 772635020 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Jane Clark, 1947 Jan. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 772636870 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Jane Clark, 1945 Dec. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 772629485 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Renishaw Hall [near Sheffield], to Jane Clark, 1945 Oct. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 772627877 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Renishaw Hall [near Sheffield], to Kenneth Clark, 1947 June 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 772644162 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Kenneth Clark, "Wednesday" [1947 July or Aug.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 772645278 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Renishaw Hall [near Sheffield], to Kenneth Clark, 1946 May 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 772633963 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Renishaw Hall [near Sheffield], to Jane Clark, 1946 May 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 772635187 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Renishaw Hall [near Sheffield] , to Kenneth Clark, 1947 Aug. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 772645330 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Renishaw Hall [near Sheffield] , to Kenneth Clark, 1947 Aug. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 772646906 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Renishaw Hall [near Sheffield], to Kenneth Clark, 1946 Dec. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 772636713 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Renishaw Hall [near Sheffield], to Kenneth Clark, 1946 June 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 772634096 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Renishaw Hall [near Sheffield], to Kenneth Clark, 1949 May 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773078131 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Jane Clark, 1949 Oct. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773089559 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Renishaw Hall [near Sheffield], to Jane Clark, 1949 Aug. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773089639 From the description of Telegram : Eckington, to Kenneth Clark, 1949 Oct. 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773090259 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Renishaw Hall [near Sheffield], to Kenneth Clark, 1949 Aug. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773076975 From the description of The war orphans : autograph poem signed, undated [ca. 1957]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 772468934 From the description of The coat of fire : autograph poems signed, undated [ca. 1948]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 772465349 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Montagnana, Italy, to Jane Clark, "Friday" [after 1960 Feb. 18]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 774036085 From the description of A love-song of Medusa, perhaps : autograph poem signed, undated [ca. 1953]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 772459830 From the description of A song of the dust : autograph poem signed, undated [ca. 1953]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 772460253 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Jane Clark, "Saturday" [1960]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 774035024 From the description of An old song re-sung : autograph poem signed, undated [ca. 1953]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 772459142 From the description of A song in winter : autograph poem signed, undated [ca. 1962]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 772468499 From the description of Legend : the eagle and Aeschylus : autograph poem signed, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 772461382 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Jane Clark, "Sunday" [1935-1964]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 774036412 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Jane Clark, "Thursday" [1959-1960]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 774034924 From the description of Variation on a theme : autograph poem signed, undated [ca. 1954-1963]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 772469531 From the description of Autograph letter signed : "as from the Sesame Club" [London], to Kenneth Clark, "Monday" [1940 or later]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 774038799 From the description of The road to Thebes : autograph poem signed, undated [ca. 1953]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 772466444 From the description of La bella bona roba and The outcasts : autograph poems signed, undated [ca. 1962]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 772468299 From the description of Medusa's love-song : autograph poem signed, undated [ca. 1953]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 772459327 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Jane Clark, "Monday" [1956]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 774034056 From the description of The Queen of Scotland's reply to a reproof from John Knox : autograph poem signed, undated [ca. 1953]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 772468581 From the description of The missionary and the glow-worm : autograph poem signed, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 772467895 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Renishaw Hall [near Sheffield], to Jane Clark, "Monday" [1950-1951]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 774038638 From the description of A simpleton : autograph poem signed, undated [ca. 1949]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 772460371 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Kenneth Clark, "Wednesday" [1951?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773927536 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Jane Clark, "Friday" [1935-1964]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773937171 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Jane Clark, "Wednesday" [1935-1964]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773925332 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Jane Clark, "Monday" [1960]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773943747 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Jane Clark, "Wednesday" [1935-1962]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773935456 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Jane Clark, "Saturday" [1954]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773928900 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Kenneth Clark, "Thursday" [after 1957 July 31]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773924224 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Jane Clark, "Easter Sunday" [1962]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773943099 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Jane Clark, "Saturday" [1960]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773926292 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Jane Clark, "Friday" [1956?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773946109 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Kenneth Clark, "Sunday" [1935-1962]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773927234 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Renishaw Hall [near Sheffield], to Jane Clark, "Sunday" [1956]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773945526 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Jane Clark, "Tuesday" [1954]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773934914 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to Jane Clark, [year not specified] Sept. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773922636 From the description of Autograph postal card signed : Montagnana, Italy, to Jane Clark, undated [1935-1964]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773929702 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Kenneth Clark, "Sunday" [after 1957 July 31]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773942956 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Jane Clark, "Monday" [1961]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773927817 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Los Angeles], to Kenneth Clark, [1951 Jan. 9]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773944567 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Jane Clark, "Thursday" [ca. 1953 or later?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773941352 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Renishaw Hall [near Sheffield], to Jane Clark, "Tuesday" [1951-1953]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773936247 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Kenneth Clark, 1962 June 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773816715 From the description of The canticle of the rose : autograph poem signed, undated [ca. 1949]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 772089169 From the description of Letters, 1917-1960. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233125216 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Renishaw Hall [near Sheffield], to Jane Clark, 1950 Jan. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773125950 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Jane Clark, 1962 Aug. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773819916 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Jane Clark, 1962 Aug. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 773820389

English author.

From the description of Letter : Dame Edith Sitwell to Edward Newman Horn, 1954 May 1 [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647833237 From the description of Autograph letters signed (3) : Hollywood and New York, to David Pleydell-Bouverie, Sunday 1954 Jan. 30-1954 Feb. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270664337

Dame Edith Sitwell was an English poet.

From the description of Dame Edith Sitwell collection of papers, [1926?]-1965. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 144652052 From the guide to the Dame Edith Sitwell collection of papers, 1926-1965, (The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.)

Edith Sitwell was an English poet and eccentric.

From the description of Edith Sitwell papers, 1932-1964 (bulk 1959-1962). (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 77717200

Purchase; Paul Settatree; 2006.

From the guide to the Edith Sitwell Papers, 1943-1960, (Washington State University Libraries)

British poet and author.

From the description of Dame Edith Sitwell Collection, 1904-1964 (bulk 1918-1960). (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 84696455

Edith Louisa Sitwell was born in 1887 to Sir George Sitwell and his wife, Lady Ida Denison, daughter of Lord and Lady Londesborough. Edith spent most of her childhood at her parents’ home Renishaw Hall in Derbyshire. The first child and only daughter of an unhappy marriage, Edith never gained the respect and compassion that her brothers Osbert (born in 1892) and Sacheverell (born in 1897) experienced from Sir George and Lady Ida. She was educated at home and began writing poetry when she was about twenty, but the major change in her life came when she moved to London in 1914 to share a flat with Helen Rootham, her former governess.

Through her poetry, Sitwell challenged prevailing twentieth century British attitudes concerning literature and poetry. Sitwell's satiric poetry contradicted the bucolic, Georgian poetry of the day. In 1915, Sitwell published her first collection The Mother and Other Poems, although her role as editor of Wheels, an anthology of contemporary works published in 1916, gained her the most notoriety. She also used her poetic talents to oppose England's role in the first World War, and wrote politically dissident poetry at the end of World War II, specifically, Still Falls the Rain from Street Songs (1942), about bombing raids in London, and Three Poems of the Atomic Age, based on the bombing of Hiroshima.

Not only was Sitwell a talented political poet, but she was a talented performer as well. Allanah Harper, founder of Echanges, described Edith Sitwell during a performance writing she began to recite and a window opened onto an enchanted world. Each vowel and consonant flowed and she seemed to weave her poetry in the air. The world became heightened and transformed until I could see a whole landscape there behind her eyes. Sitwell's melodic voice coupled with highly syncopated lyrics lead to the success of her most famous work Façade (1922). Intended to be performed, instead of silently read, the poems of Façade focused on the sound and effect of chosen words instead of their meaning. The poems in Gold Coast Customs (1929) capitalized on rhythm just as in Façade, but they demonstrated a political seriousness absent from the previous work.

During the mid-1920s, Sitwell and her roommate Helen Rootham traveled frequently to Paris to visit Helen's sister Evelyn Weil. In Paris, Sitwell found a city filled with creativity and artistic talents, some of whom became influential friends, including Gertrude Stein. Sitwell enjoyed Gertrude's work and championed the modernist poet's 1926 Oxford and Cambridge lectures which effectively raised Gertrude's literary profile in Britain. It was in Gertrude's salon that Sitwell met the surrealist painter Pavel Tchelitchew, with whom she would enter perhaps her most important, yet often unfulfilling, relationship.

To Pavel Tchelitchew, a Russian émigré and artist, she was both a patron and muse. Unfortunately for Sitwell, Pavel's interest in her was purely intellectual, and possibly financial. The charming, passionate, and sometimes moody Pavel directed his amorous attention to the young American pianist, Allen Tanner, and eventually to Charles Henri Ford. Despite her difficulties with Pavel and her roommate Helen Rootham, whose ill-health and demanding nature caused much of Sitwell’s anxiety, Sitwell managed to compile The English Eccentrics (1933) and the controversial Aspects of Modern Poetry (1934).

Sitwell's relationships with other literary figures were much less hostile than her relationship with Pavel. She became patron to other authors, including Dylan Thomas, was close friends with poets H. D. (Hilda Doolittle) and Bryher, and became the goddaughter of Evelyn Waugh and Roy Campbell after her conversion to Catholicism in 1955.

In the 1930s Sitwell shifted her literary efforts from poetry toward prose after the success of her well-received historical biography Alexander Pope (1930). Sitwell’s other historical biographies, Victoria of England (1936), Fanfare for Elizabeth (1946), and its sequel The Queens and the Hive (1962), are some of her best known works of prose. I Live under a Black Sun (1937), her only published novel, came out the year her mother died.

During the early 1950s, Edith Sitwell received numerous honors. Four honorary doctorates from Leeds, Durham, Oxford, and Sheffield universities were bestowed upon her. In 1954, she was made Dame Commander of the British Empire in the Queen's birthday honors list.

Failing health and troubles with Osbert's lover David Horner forced Sitwell to move away from her childhood home in Renishaw and spend the final years of her life in a small flat and, later, a Queen Anne style cottage she called Bryher House in Hempstead. During her later years, with the help of her personal assistant Elizabeth Salter, Edith published her final volume of poetry The Outcasts (1962) and the sequel to Fanfare for Elizabeth, The Queens and the Hive (1962). Sitwell died in 1964 and her autobiography Taken Care Of was published posthumously in 1965.

From the guide to the Dame Edith Sitwell Collection TXRC06-A5., 1904-1964, (bulk dates 1918-1960), (The University of Texas at Austin, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center)

Edith Sitwell (1887-1964), English poet and author.

Pavel Tchelitchew (1898-1957), Russian painter and set designer.

From the description of Edith Sitwell - Pavel Tchelitchew correspondence, 1929-1957. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80855522

English poet and author.

Born in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, Edith Sitwell is best known as a poet of World War II. She is recognized for books on the lost splendors of the aristocracy. She was received into the Roman Catholic Church in 1955.

From the description of Edith Sitwell Collection, 1955-1964, undated. (Boston College). WorldCat record id: 33256905

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