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[[File:Carrington_-_Strachey.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Lytton Strachey (1880–1932) 1916 by Dora Carrington (1893-1932).]] | |||
'''Giles Lytton Strachey''' (1 March 1880 – 21 January 1932) was a British writer and critic. | '''Giles Lytton Strachey''' (1 March 1880 – 21 January 1932) was a British writer and critic. | ||
A founder member of the Bloomsbury Group and author of Eminent Victorians, he is best known for establishing a new form of biography in which psychological insight and sympathy are combined with irreverence and wit. His 1921 biography Queen Victoria was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. | A founder member of the Bloomsbury Group and author of Eminent Victorians, he is best known for establishing a new form of biography in which psychological insight and sympathy are combined with irreverence and wit. His 1921 biography Queen Victoria was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. | ||
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Giles Lytton Strachey (1 March 1880 – 21 January 1932) was a British writer and critic. A founder member of the Bloomsbury Group and author of Eminent Victorians, he is best known for establishing a new form of biography in which psychological insight and sympathy are combined with irreverence and wit. His 1921 biography Queen Victoria was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize.