Virginia Woolf, English author and founder of Bloomsbury Group of writers, is remembered on her birth anniversary.
Virginia Woolf (1882-1941), English novelist and critic, founder of the Bloomsbury Group of writers, is born today, January 25. She was the daughter of Sir Leslie Stephen, sister of artist Vanessa Stephen Bell, and wife of author and social reformer Leonard Woolf.
Woolf also founded the Hogarth Press with her husband Leonard. Among others, her novels include:
- Jacob's Room
- Mrs Dalloway
- To the Lighthouse
- Orlando
- A Room of One's Own
- The Waves
- The Years
- Between the Acts
Her works display her experimentation with the stream-of-consciousness method.
Virginia Woolf has immense influence on novel development.
Trivia: The famous play "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf," written by Edward Albee has nothing to do with Virginia Woolf, but merely alludes to her name.
