Osbert Sitwell correspondence and compositions

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Osbert Sitwell correspondence and compositions

1950-1967

https://hollisarchives.lib.harvard.edu/repositories/24/resources/2013

Contains correspondence of English authors Osbert and Edith Sitwell from friends in their literary, artistic, and social world as well as compositions by them.

1 linear feet (2 boxes)

eng, Latn

Harvard University Archives.

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SNAC Resource ID: 11677292

Harvard University Archives.

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Sitwell, Edith Louisa, Dame, 1887-1964

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Edith Sitwell was born on September 7, 1887 in Scarborough, England to Sir George Reresby Sitwell, fourth Baronet, and Lady Ida Emily Augusta Denison. In 1913, one of her earliest poems, “Drowned Suns”, was published in The Daily Mirror. Three years later, Sitwell began editing Wheels, an anthology of new verse that sparked controversy among conservative critics. In the 1920s, Sitwell and her two brothers, Osbert and Sacheverell Sitwell, became known for their avant-garde literary work. Sitwell ...