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Victoria Mary Sackville-West, Lady Nicolson, CH, è stata una poetessa, scrittrice e botanica inglese, meglio nota come Vita Sackville-West, famosa per la sua relazione tempestosa con Virginia Woolf, per i suoi scritti sul giardinaggio e per la realizzazione del Giardino del Castello di Sissinghurst nel Kent.
Vita Sackville-West was an English author, poet, journalist and garden designer. She was the inspiration for Virginia Woolf's Orlando, and created the famous garden at Sissinghurst with her husband Harold Nicolson.
21 apr 2015 · Scopri la vita e l'amore di Vita Sackville-West, poetessa e scrittrice inglese, per Virginia Woolf, autrice di Orlando. Leggi le sue lettere, i suoi viaggi e il suo rapporto con il gruppo di Bloomsbury.
31 mar 2020 · Learn about the extraordinary life of Vita Sackville-West, who wrote over thirty-five books, had multiple affairs with women and men, and created a stunning garden at Sissinghurst Castle. Discover how she defied societal norms, challenged gender roles, and inspired Virginia Woolf.
- Who Were Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West?
- How Did Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West Meet?
- What Impact Did The Relationship Have on Virginia Woolf’s Life?
- What Impact Did It Have on Woolf’s and Sackville-West’s Work?
- What Was The Impact of Orlando?
Born in London in 1882, Adeline Virginia Stephen, or “Ginia” as she was affectionately known, had a love for arts and literature running through her family. Her sister Vanessa was an artist, and when they reached adulthood, the two sisters became the heart of an influential intellectual circle known as the Bloomsbury Group, a collective of radical ...
Vita & Virginiadepicts the two women meeting at a costume party, at which Sackville-West is immediately entranced by Woolf’s intellect and eloquence. The two women met in December 1922 and grew closer through attending a series of dinner parties together in London. “I simply adore Virginia Woolf, and so would you,” Sackville-West wrote to her husba...
“Their relationship was very passionate and very sexual, even though initially their sexual relationship was downplayed and even ignored,” says Smith. And while the two women were open about their relationship, it was also during a time when British society was more socially conservative. While male homosexuality in the U.K. was still a criminal of...
As depicted in the film, after meeting Woolf, Sackville-West decided to publish her books with Hogarth Press, which was the Woolfs’ own small independent publishing house. Sackville-West’s books were commercially and critically the more successful during her and Woolf’s lifetimes, although today Woolf’s work is more highly regarded. In 1924, Sackvi...
As TIME described in 1928, Orlando was “audacious as it is masterly…The sweep of generations offers every opportunity for satiric commentary; the experience of both sexes an admirable occasion for comparison.” It was difficult for Woolf and other writers to approach themes of overt lesbian love in literature at the time. In 1928, Radclyffe Hall’s l...
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In un appezzamento del giardino di Sissinghurst Castle, nel Kent, luogo acquistato da Vita e dal marito nel 1930, con rose “Iceberg” e Chrysantemum foeniculaceum, il giardino bianco “virginale, selvaggio, patrizio” ancora oggi esiste in tutto il suo splendore. Prima immagine: Vita Sackville-West, circa 1926.
4 ott 2024 · Learn about the life and achievements of Vita Sackville-West, a British writer, poet, and gardener. She was the model for Orlando in Virginia Woolf's novel and a Companion of Honour.
