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Dame Edith Sitwell  (1887-1964)
Born 7 September 1887 Scarborough, North Yorkshire
Died 9 December 1964

        She first attracted notice through editing an annual anthology of new
        poetry, "Wheels" (1916-1921). Her own experimental poetry was 
        controversially received with "Facade" (1922), which (with Walton's
        music) was given a stormy public reading in London. She became a
        Catholic in 1955, after which her works reflect a deeper religious
        symbolism as in "The Outcasts" (1962). She was created a dame in 1954.
        Her autobiography, "Taken Care Of", was published posthumously in
        1965.
 

Source: Leo van de Pas
 
 

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