
Virginia Woolf Bio: Born, Family, Writer, Books, Death
Virginia Woolf Bio: Born, Family, Writer, Books, Death Virginia Woolf was an English writer, considered one of the most important modernist 20th-century authors. Woolf was born in London into an intellectually distinguished family. Her father, Sir Leslie Stephen, was a notable man of letters; her mother, Julia Duckworth Stephen, had been a professional photographer before her marriage. Woolf began writing professionally in 1900 and continued until she died in 1941. During that time, she wrote eight novels—including Mrs. Dalloway (1925), To the Lighthouse (1927), and Orlando (1928)—as well as numerous essays, short stories, biographies, literary reviews, and journals. Virginia Woolf Biography Full Name Adeline Virginia Stephen Nick Name the Goat Date of Birth 25 January 1882 Place of Birth Kensington, London, United Kingdom Father Name Leslie Stephen Mother Name Julia Stephen Education Qualification Woolf began her education at home before attending King’s College London from 1897 to 1901. Married Status