Who is Dame Edith Sitwell
Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell (7 September 1887 – 9 December 1964) was a British poet and critic and the eldest of the three literary Sitwells. She reacted badly to her eccentric, unloving parents and lived much of her life with her governess. She never married but became passionately attached to Russian painter Pavel Tchelitchew, and her home was always open to London's poetic circle, to whom she was generous and helpful.Sitwell published poetry continuously from 1913, some of it abstract and set to music. With her dramatic style and exotic costumes, she was sometimes labelled a poseur, but her work was praised for its solid technique and painstaking craftsmanship. She was a recipient of the Benson Medal of the Royal Society of Literature.
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Dame Edith Sitwell Poems
- When Cold December
When cold December
Froze to grisamber
The jangling bells on the sweet rose-trees-
Then fading slow... - The Web Of Eros
Within your magic web of hair, lies furled
The fire and splendour of the ancient world;
The dire gold of the comet's wind-blown hair;
The songs that turned to gold the evening air... - The Fan
Lovely Semiramis
Closes her slanting eyes:
Dead is she long ago.
From her fan, sliding slow,... - Interlude
Amid this hot green glowing gloom
A word falls with a raindrop's boom…
Like baskets of ripe fruit in air... - Clowns' Houses
Beneath the flat and paper sky
The sun, a demon's eye,
Glowed through the air, that mask of glass;
All wand'ring sounds that pass...
Top 10 most used topics by Dame Edith Sitwell
Cold 6 Hair 4 Dance 3 Bright 3 Snow 3 Long 3 Green 3 Joy 3 Light 3 Mind 2Dame Edith Sitwell Quotes
- I wish the government would put a tax on pianos for the incompetent.
- I am one of those unhappy persons who inspire bores to the greatest flights of art.
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Dean_frey: "i have a great feeling of gratitude. the mirror published my first poem - in 1913 - when no other paper or publisher would have anything to do with my work." - edith sitwell this goodwill towards her paper allowed doreen spooner to take this amazing shot of dame edith, in 1962.Globalmuseum: enter the wacky and fantastic world of dame edith sitwell | poet, critic, biographer and member of an extraordinary family | the johnston collection | wednesday 22 feb 2023, 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Alexconnorwrite: “i never attack unless i have been attacked first, and then heaven have mercy upon the attacker! i sharpen my wits on a wooden head as a cat sharpens its claws on the wood legs of a table.” dame edith sitwell dbe (1887 – 1964) british poet, part of the sitwell literary clan.
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Zarandillo: sitwell, dame edith (1887-1964, poet and critic) [1950] portrait by george platt lynes (1907-1955) stella bowen said that edith sitwell was like 'a high altar on the move.'
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