Virginia Woolf

Original Name	Adeline Virginia Stephen
Birth	25 Jan 1882 Kensington, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London, England
Death	28 Mar 1941 (aged 59) Lewes, Lewes District, East Sussex, England
Burial	Monk's House Grounds Rodmell, Lewes District, East Sussex, England
Plot	Ashes Buried Beneath an Elm Tree in the Garden.
Memorial ID	3486 · View Source

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Author. A prolific writer who has had a great influence on 20th century English literature, she wrote novels, essays, short stories and literary criticism. Several volumes of her letters and journals have been published as well. Among her best known works are the novels To the Lighthouse, Mrs. Dalloway, Orlando and The Waves and the essay, A Room of One's Own. Virginia Woolf was central to the Bloomsbury Group, prominent British artists, writers, and intellectuals who were her friends and relations. She struggled with mental illness on and off throughout her life. On March 28, 1941, she committed suicide by drowning in the River Ouse near her country house in the village of Rodmell, Sussex.

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Leslie Stephen

1832–1904
Julia Prinsep Jackson Stephen

1846–1895

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Leonard Woolf

1880–1969

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Vanessa Stephen Bell

1879–1961
Julian Thoby Stephen

1880–1906
Adrian Leslie Stephen

1883–1948

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George Herbert Duckworth

1868–1934
Stella Duckworth Hills

1869–1897
Laura Makepeace Stephen

1871–1945

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