Author Fun Facts: Virginia Woolf

Hello Readers!

I decided to do another author fun facts post today, and the author I chose to do one on is Virginia Woolf. I will admit that I haven’t read anything by Virginia or know that much about her, but to me that is what makes this type of post fun! I love learning about authors that I knew nothing about, and in the process it makes me interested to read some of their work.

Let’s start learning something about Virginia!

Her full name is Adeline Virginia Woolf
She was born in England on January 25, 1882
She pioneered feminist texts
Her parents had 8 children
Woolf and her sisters were educated at home, while her brother’s were sent to Cambridge
She started a family newspaper, the Hyde Park Gate News, to document her family’s humorous anecdotes
On March 28, 1941, she lost her battle with depression. She put on her over coat, filled the pockets with rocks and walked into the river
She remains one of the most influential authors of the 21st century
In her writings she attempts to inspire impressions rather than recreating reality
She was the author of 15 books
Mrs. Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, and Jacob’s Room (1922) represent Virginia Woolf’s major achievements
In The Waves (1931) she masterfully employed the stream-of-consciousness technique which stresses “free writing.”

I hope you all learned a lot more about Virginia Woolf like I did while creating this post. If you know something about this amazing author that wasn’t listed, please feel free to add it in the comments below!

For more informaiton on the facts provided above or to learn more, please visit the sites I got the facts from:

https://www.notablebiographies.com/We-Z/Woolf-Virginia.html

https://www.biography.com/writer/virginia-woolf