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Vita Sackville-West

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The Resume

    (March 9, 1892-June 2, 1962)
    Birth name is Victoria Mary Sackville-West
    Wrote ‘Chatterton (1909),' ‘Knole and the Sackvilles (1922),' ‘Challenge (1923),' ‘The Land (1926),' ‘The Edwardians (1930),' ‘All Passion Spent (1931),' ‘The Garden (1946)' and ‘In Your Garden (1951)'
    Designed Sissinghurst Castle Garden
    Lover of Violet Trefusis and Virginia Woolf

Why he might be annoying:

    She nicknamed her mother ‘B.M.' (short for Bonne Mama).
    She and Violet Trefusis ‘eloped' to France although both were married.
    She was remote towards her children.
    Critic Rebecca West often panned her writing.
    She said her ancestors were ‘a rotten lot and nearly all stark, staring mad.'
    Some of her poetry was used in a bus company ad.

Why he might not be annoying:

    Her mother thought she was homely.
    Virgina Woolf based her novel ‘Orlando' on her.
    She could not inherit her childhood home Knole House because she was a woman.
    She supported her husband's diplomatic career although she disliked living abroad.
    She became a renowned gardener in her later years.
    She and her husband made their open marriage work relatively well.

Credit: Georgina


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 7 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 51 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 109 Votes: 66.97% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 13 Votes: 69.23% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 15 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 20 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 18 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 36 Votes: 61.11% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 90 Votes: 61.11% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 70 Votes: 45.71% Annoying