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BIOGRAPHY
Victoria Mary (Vita) Sackville-West, poet and novelist, was born into an aristocratic family in Kent, England. Her father was Lionel Edward, the Baron of Sackville, and her mother was Victoria Josepha Dolores Catalina Sackville-West. She was an only child and was educated privately. Sackville-West is famous for her affairs with women, particularly the writer Virginia Woolf, despite her marriage to Harold Nicolson. He was also having affairs with men.
Sackville-West's first work, CHATTERTON, A DRAMA IN THREE ACTS, was published when she 17. Her most famous poem, THE LAND, was awarded the Hawthorne Prize in 1927.
Vita Sackville-West died of cancer in 1962.
CHRONOLOGY
1892 She was born in Kent, England. (March 9)
1909 CHATTERTON, A DRAMA IN THREE ACTS
1913 She married Harold Nicolson.
1915 CONSTANTINOPLE
1917 POEMS OF WEST AND EAST
1918 HERITAGE
1921 ORCHARD AND VINEYARD
1922 THE HEIR; THE DRAGON IN THE SHALLOW WATERS; KNOLE AND THE SACKVILLES
1923 CHALLENGE; GREY WETHERS; She met Virginia Woolf.
1924 SEDUCERS IN ECUADOR
1926 PASSENGER TO TEHERAN; THE LAND
1927 APHRA BEHN; She was awarded the Hawthorne Prize for THE LAND.
1928 TWELVE DAYS; Her father died.
1929 ANDREW MARVEL
1930 KING'S DAUGHTER; THE EDWARDIANS
1931 ALL PASSION SPENT; SISSINGHURST; She had an affair with Evelyn Irons.
1932 FAMILIY HISTORY; THIRTY CLOCKS STRIKE THE HOUR
1933 ANDREW MARVELL; COLLECTED POEMS
1934 THE DARK ISLAND
1936 ST. JOAN OF ARC
1937 SOME FLOWERS; PEPITA
1938 SOLITUDE
1939 COUNTRY NOTES; CHALLENGE
1940 COUNTRY NOTES IN WARTIME
1942 GRAND CANYON
1943 THE EAGLE AND THE DOVE
1944 THE WOMEN'S LAND ARMY
1945 ANOTHER WORLD THAN THIS
1946 THE GARDEN; She began writing a gardening column in the OBSERVER.; She was made a Companion of Honour.
1947 DEVIL AT WESTEASE, THE STORY RELATED BY ROGER LIDDIARD; NURSERY RHYMES
1951 IN YOUR GARDEN
1953 THE EASTER PARTY; IN YOUR GARDEN AGAIN
1955 MORE FOR YOUR GARDEN
1958 EVEN MORE FOR YOUR GARDEN; A JOY OF GARDENING
1959 DAUGHTER OF FRANCE
1960 NO SIGNPOSTS IN THE SEA
1962 She died of cancer at Sisinghurst Castle in Kent. (June 2)
1968 SACKVILLE-WEST'S GARDEN BOOK
1974 CHALLENGE
1979 DEARST ANDREW: FROM V. SACKVILLE-WEST TO ANDREW REIBER, 1959-1962
1985 THE LETTERS OF VITA SACKVILLE-WEST TO VIRGINIA WOOLF
1992 VITA AND HAROLD NICHOLSON 1910-1962
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