biography
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Sitwell, Sir Sacheverell
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pronunciation:
[sasheverel]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1897–1988)
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| biography:
| Poet and art critic, born in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, N England, UK, the brother of Edith and Osbert Sitwell. He was educated at Eton, served in the army, then travelled in Spain and Italy, where he began to write books on art and architecture, such as Southern Baroque Art (1924). His many volumes of poetry cover a period of over 30 years, from The People's Palace (1918) to An Indian Summer (1982). He became a baronet on the death of his brother, Osbert, in 1969. |
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