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Sitwell, Edith, 1887-1964
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- Sitwell, Edith (Edith Louisa), 1887-1964
- Sitwell, Edith, Dame, 1887-1964
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1887-1964
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Edith Sitwell was an English poet who first gained fame for her stylistic artifices but who emerged during World War II as a poet of emotional depth and profoundly human concerns. She was equally famed for her formidable personality, Elizabethan dress, and eccentric opinions.
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VIAF ID: 29549983 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/36113?docPos=1 Accessed June 12, 2014. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/546875/Dame-Edith-Sitwell Accessed June 12, 2014.