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Osbert Sitwell

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Also known as Sir Francis Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Baronet, Capt. Sir [Francis] Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell

British writer; baronet (1892-1969)

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Born
1892
Died
1969
Works
242

Top works

  • C.R.W. Nevinson
  • the collected satires and poems of osbert sitwell
  • Miracle on Sinai
  • Miracle on Sinai
  • Osbert Sitwell / Left Hand Right Hand 1947

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Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1887-09-07
Active to
1964-12-09

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Quotes

  • The British bourgeoisieIs not bornAnd does not die,But, if it is ill,It has a frightened look in its eyes.
  • The Daily Herald is unkind.It has been horridAbout my nice new war.I shall burn the Daily Herald.
  • Our GeneralHad to restore"Law-and-Order" At Amritsar; For he knewThat if he failedTo shootTwo thousand nativesThey would have laughed at him.To laugh at a General,Is, of course, very rude.
  • Heroic figures are now obsolete,So Demigod and Devil find retreatIn minds of children — as rare beasts and men,Elsewhere extinct, persist in hill or fenFrom man protected — where each form assumesGigantic stature and intention, loomsFrom wind-moved, twilight-woven histories:For them each flower teems with mysteries.
  • For Poetry is the wisdom of the blood,That scarlet tree within, which has the powerTo make dull words bud forth and burst in flower.
  • Educ[ated]: during the holidays from Eton.

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Osbert Sitwell in The Bookman volume 57 December 1919 p. 102.jpg
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date of birth
1892-12-06
date of death
1969-05-04
Commons category
Osbert Sitwell
start of work period
1919-00-00
name in native language
Sir Osbert Sitwell, Bt
birth name
Francis Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell
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