Lytton Strachey
Lytton Strachey | |
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A study of Strachey's face and hands by Carrington | |
| Born | Giles Lytton Strachey 1 March 1880 London, England |
| Died | 21 January 1932 (aged 51) Ham, Wiltshire, England |
| Occupation | Author, critic |
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| Parents | Sir Richard Strachey Jane Grant |
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.