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Leonard Sidney Woolf ( / ˈwʊlf /; 25 November 1880 – 14 August 1969) was a British political theorist, author, publisher, and civil servant. He was married to author Virginia Woolf. As a member of the Labour Party and the Fabian Society, Woolf was an avid publisher of his own work and his wife's novels. [1]
Apr 17, 2024 · Leonard Woolf (born Nov. 25, 1880, London—died Aug. 14, 1969, Rodmell, Sussex, Eng.) was a British publisher, political worker, journalist, and internationalist who influenced literary and political life and thought more by his personality than by any one achievement.
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Oct 28, 2020 · By Beth Kephart. October 28, 2020. There are so many takes on the Virginia-Leonard Woolf story that they could consume “Modern Love” for a year. Leonard was androgynous and Virginia preferred women, and yet they married. Leonard was a caretaker and Virginia was fragile, and so they stayed together, she stayed, for the longest time, alive.
Aug 26, 2006 · The much maligned husband of Virginia, Leonard Woolf has his reputation fully restored in Victoria Glendenning's landmark biography, says Paul Levy.
Dec 10, 2006 · Considered chiefly in relation to his wife, whose dramatic persona, literary genius and recurring mental illness have commanded such attention, he has been alternately hailed as the ideal...
- Claire Messud
May 28, 1995 · He was Leonard Woolf, just back from seven years in Ceylon with the Civil Service, and he was stunned by the great changes, the “profound revolution” that had taken place in Gordon Square ...
Leonard Woolf. Leonard Woolf, the third of ten children of Sidney Woolf (1844–1892) and his wife, Marie de Jongh (1848–1939), was born in Kensington on 25th November, 1880. His father, who was a lawyer, died when he was eleven, leaving his family in financial difficulties.
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