Virginia Woolf
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an English writer, considered one of the most important modernist 20th-century authors and a pioneer in the use of stream of consciousness as a narrative device.
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Born
Adeline Virginia Stephen 25 January 1882 London, England
Died
28 March 1941 (aged 59) Lewes, England
Alma mater
King's College London
Occupation
Novelist essayist publisher critic
adultbasic
Britain
era
1800+
Notable works
Mrs Dalloway (1925) To the Lighthouse (1927) Orlando (1928) A Room of One's Own (1929) The Waves (1931)
Parents
Leslie Stephen Julia Prinsep Jackson
Relatives
George Herbert Duckworth (half-brother) Stella Duckworth (half-sister) Gerald Duckworth (half-brother) Laura Stephen (half-sister) Vanessa Stephen (sister) Thoby Stephen (brother) Adrian Stephen (brother)
Spouse
Leonard Woolf ( m. 1912 )