Lytton Strachey

English writer (1880–1932)

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Born: Giles Lytton Strachey , ( 1880-03-01 ) 1 March 1880, London , England
Died: 21 January 1932 (1932-01-21) (aged 51), Ham , Wiltshire , England
Occupation: Author, critic
Alma mater: University of Liverpool Trinity College, Cambridge
Parents: Sir Richard Strachey , Jane Grant

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Giles Lytton Strachey (/ˈdʒaɪlz ˈlɪtən ˈstreɪtʃi/; 1 March 1880 – 21 January 1932) was an English writer and critic. A founding member of the Bloomsbury Group and author of Eminent Victorians, he established a new form of biography in which psychological insight and sympathy are combined with irreverence and wit. His biography Queen Victoria (1921) was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize.

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