Lytton Strachey

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1880 – 1932

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Who was Lytton Strachey?

Giles Lytton Strachey was a British writer and critic.

A founding member of the Bloomsbury Group and author of Eminent Victorians, he is best known for establishing a new form of biography in which psychological insight and sympathy are combined with irreverence and wit. His 1921 biography Queen Victoria was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize.

Famous Quotes:

  • If this is dying, then I don't think much of it.

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Born
Mar 1, 1880
London
Also known as
  • Giles Lytton Strachey
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Nationality
  • England
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Education
  • Trinity College, Cambridge
Died
Jan 21, 1932
Ham

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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