Vita Sackville-West

She was born Vita (Latin for life) Victoria Mary Sackville West at Knole House[?] in Kent, the daughter of Lord Sackville. In 1913, she married Harold Nicolson[?], although both she and her husband were bisexual. Her own most famous affair was with Violet Trefusis[?]. Her long narrative poem, The Land, won the Hawthornden prize[?] in 1927. Her husband was a diplomat and they lived for a time in Persia. She is believed to have been the inspiration for the character of Orlando in the novel by Virginia Woolf.

Sissinghurst is now owned by the National Trust.

Poetry

• Poems of West and East (1917)
• Orchard and Vineyard (1921)

Novels

• Heritage (1919)
• The Edwardians (1930)
• All Passion Spent[?] (1931)