Virginia Woolf

1882–1941

1 series 2 books in order 1928–1983

Virginia Woolf was an English modernist writer who lived from 1882 to 1941. She was a novelist, essayist, diarist, and epistler, as well as a publisher and feminist. She is considered one of the most important literary figures of the twentieth century. Ursula Le Guin, a writer, noted that Woolf's work offered valuable lessons for writers, particularly in the use of precise and vivid descriptive details. Le Guin cited Woolf's novel Orlando as a formative reading experience, describing it as a work that created a vivid and imaginative world. She also highlighted Flush, in which Woolf explored the perspective of a dog, an approach that Le Guin found science-fictional. Woolf's writing was praised for its ability to transport readers to other times and perspectives through careful imagery.

Born

1882

Active years

1928–1983

Known for

Roman Fischer

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