About
Virginia Woolf, born Adeline Virginia Stephen in London in 1882, is a central figure of English literary modernism. Daughter of Sir Leslie Stephen, she grew up in an intellectual environment. A member of the Bloomsbury Group, she married Leonard Woolf in 1912 and co-founded the Hogarth Press in 1917. Her novels, marked by the stream-of-consciousness technique, include Mrs Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, and Orlando. She also wrote major feminist essays such as A Room of One's Own. Suffering from bipolar disorder, she took her own life in 1941.
* 1882-01-25 — † 1941-03-28
Major works
- Mrs Dalloway (1925)novel
- To the Lighthouse (1927)novel
- Orlando (1928)novel
- A Room of One's Own (1929)essay
- The Waves (1931)novel
Key milestones
- 1912Married Leonard Woolf.
- 1917Co-founded the Hogarth Press with Leonard Woolf.
- 1941Drowned herself in the River Ouse.
Themes
Stream of consciousnessFeminismModernismIdentity and subjectivityTime and memory
Sources: britannica.com · npg.org.uk
