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Sitwell, Edith Louisa, Dame, 1887 - 1964 (poet, critic and eccentric)

 Person

Dates and places

1887-1964

Sphere of activity

Poet, critic and eccentric

Relationships

Oldest child of Sir George and Lady Ida Sitwell, sister of Osbert and Sacheverell.

Other information

Verse publications include 'The Mother' (1915) and an annual anthology called 'Wheels' (1916-21). Prose publications include 'Poetry and Criticism' (1925), 'The English Eccentrics' (1933) and 'Fanfare for Elizabeth' (1946).

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

 Sub-Series

Correspondence between E.M. Forster and Edith Sitwell, 1928 - 1954

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0272/EMF/18/514
Scope and Contents

This sub-series consists of two files of correspondence. One includes earlier letters from Edith Sitwell to E.M. Forster. The other includes later correspondence between the two.

Dates: 1928 - 1954
 File

Letter from Edith Sitwell to T.S. Eliot, 1949-06-30

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0272/HB/L/9q
Scope and Contents

1 autograph letter to T.S. Eliot.

Dates: 1949-06-30
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: HB/M/21 is reserved (not available to researchers) under the Data Protection Act.
 File

Letters from Dame Edith Sitwell to J.M. Keynes, 1943-08-01 - 1943-08-17

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0272/JMK/PP/45/302
Scope and Contents

3 autograph letters, signed, one is bound into a volume which also contains a mnuscript copy of 'Lullaby' and some discarded workings for the poem.

Dates: 1943-08-01 - 1943-08-17
 File

Letters from Edith Sitwell, 1924 - 1942

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0272/WJHS/1/92
Scope and Contents

6 autograph letters, signed.

Dates: 1924 - 1942
 File

Listed letters, 1948-01

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0272/HB/L/7/b
Scope and Contents This file includes letters from the following (listed in alphabetical order by last name):1. Clive Bell2. Kenneth Clark3. Cyril Connolly4. Douglas Cooper5. C. Day Lewis6. Una Ellis-Fermor7. Frederick Etchells8. E. M. Forster9. Michael Hamburger10. L. C. Knights11. E. V. Knox12. Earl of Lytton13. Sir Eric Maclagan14. John Masefield15. Henry Moore16. Eric Partridge17. William Plomer18. Anthony Powell19. J. B....
Dates: 1948-01
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: HB/M/21 is reserved (not available to researchers) under the Data Protection Act.