Virginia Woolf

Google Doodle celebrates Virginia Woolf's 136th birthday

Adeline Virginia Woolf was an English writer. She is considered one of the foremost modernists of the 20th-century and a pioneer in the use of stream of consciousness as a narrative device. Wikipedia

Born: 25 January 1882, Kensington, London, United Kingdom

Died: 28 March 1941, Lewes, United Kingdom

Spouse: Leonard Woolf (m. 1912–1941)

Movies: Orlando, Mrs. Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, Golven, A Room of One's Own, Simple Gifts

One of the 20th century's foremost authors, Woolf was a pioneer in the use of stream-of-conscious narrative approach.

Virginia Woolf was a pioneer in the use of the stream-of-conscious narrative approach, harnessing a poetic vision that elevated sometimes mundane settings while examining the complex interior lives of her characters.  

To celebrate one of the 20th century's foremost novelists, Google dedicated its Doodle on Thursday to Woolf on the 136th anniversary of her birth.

Born in London in 1882, Woolf was homeschooled in the English classics and Victorian literature for much of her childhood. She began writing professionally in 1900, becoming a significant member of London's literary society and the Bloomsbury Group, a collective of prominent contemporary intellectuals and artists. 

While Woolf grew up surrounded by the London literary scene, it was her childhood memories of visiting the Cornish coast that inspired the settings of the English author's most powerful narratives, including "To the Lighthouse" (1927). 

               Virginia Woolf

Adeline Virginia Woolf was an English writer. She is considered one of the foremost modernists of the 20th-century and a pioneer in the use of stream of consciousness as a narrative device. Wikipedia

Born: 25 January 1882, Kensington, London, United Kingdom

Died: 28 March 1941, Lewes, United Kingdom

Spouse: Leonard Woolf (m. 1912–1941)

Movies: Orlando, Mrs. Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, Golven, A Room of One's Own, Simple Gifts

Adeline Virginia Woolf was an English writer. She is considered one of the foremost modernists of the 20th-century and a pioneer in the use of stream of consciousness as a narrative device. Wikipedia