Osbert Sitwell
Osbert Sitwell was a British writer, poet, novelist, literary critic and editor (1892–1969). He was born at London and died at Florence.
Also recorded as Sir Francis Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Baronet; Capt. Sir [Francis] Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell.
Osbert Sitwell in brief
- Born
- 1892
- Died
- 1969
- Known for
- writer, poet, novelist, literary critic and editor
- Place of birth
- London
Contents
Identity and origins
Osbert Sitwell was recorded at birth as Francis Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell. The authorities additionally record the headings Sir Francis Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Baronet and Capt. Sir [Francis] Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell. His recorded language was English.
He was the child of Sir George Sitwell, 4th Baronet and Lady Ida Denison. He married David Stuart Horner. Other recorded relations include Sir Reresby Sitwell, 7th Baronet and Francis Trajan Sitwell.
Catalogued works
40 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1931 to 1976.
A Place of One's Own. Left Hand, Right Hand! Miracle on Sinai. The Man Who Lost Himself. C.R.W. Nevinson. the collected satires and poems of osbert sitwell. Osbert Sitwell / Left Hand Right Hand 1947. Great morning. Laughter in the Next Room; Left Hand, Right Hand! Volume IV. Discursions on travel, art and life. Scarlet Tree. On the Continent. Sing High! Sing Low! Penny Foolish; a Book of Tirades & Panegyrics. The Four Continents; Being More Discursions on Travel, Art, and Life. Laugter In The Next Room. Selected Poems Old & New. Great Morning! Laughter in the next room. LAUGHTER IN THE NEXT ROOMS AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Poems about people, or, England reclaimed. Noble essences. Collected Stories. Left Hand, Right Hand. The First Volume. An Autobiography. The Scarlet Tree. Before the bombardment. Left Hand, Right Hand! An Autobiography of... Vol. I; The Cruel Month. Selected poems, old and new,. NOBLE ESSENCES OR COURTEOUS REVELATIONS. those were the days. SING HIGH! SING LOW! A Book of Essays. Great Morning. Being the Third Volume of Left Hand, Right Hand. An Autobiography. Out of Frame. Left Hand, Right Hand! and Laughter in the Next Room (The Sitwell Family Chronicles, Volumes 1 and 4). Tales My Father Taught Me; an Evocation of Extravagant Episodes. Escape With Me! an Oriental Sketch-Book. Death of a god, and other stories. The Man Who Lost Himself (Living Time World Literature), dated 1976. Ronald Ross, discoverer and creator / by R.L. Mégroz ; with a preface by Osbert Sitwell., dated 1931, held by Wellcome Collection. English, dated 1936-1975, held by Wellcome Collection.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.
Wellcome Collection: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Literature
5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
To Osbert Sitwell, Selected Letters of Wilfred Owen, 2023. Sitwell, Sir Osbert (also Francis Osbert Sacheverell), The Modern Art Index Project, 2020. Sitwell, Sir (Francis) Osbert (Sacheverell), fifth baronet (1892–1969), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2017. Sitwell, Sir Francis Osbert Sacheverell, Brill’s Digital Library of World War I. Osbert Sitwell: Armistice in Bloomsbury, The Bloomsbury Group, 1995.
Digitised editions and texts
13 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive and Project Gutenberg.
The Scarlet Tree (1947) — Internet Archive. Before the Bombardment (1949) — Internet Archive. Fee fi fo fum ! A book of fairy stories (1959) — Internet Archive. laughter in the next room (1949) — Internet Archive. Great Morning (1949) — Internet Archive. Esacpae With Me! (1940) — Internet Archive. Noble Essences (1950) — Internet Archive. Miracle on Sinai (1933) — Internet Archive. On the Continent: a book of inquilinics (1958) — Internet Archive. Poems about people, or, England reclaimed (1965) — Internet Archive. tales my father taught me (1963) — Internet Archive. Out of the Flame — Project Gutenberg. Argonaut and Juggernaut — Project Gutenberg.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 13 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Evidence base
This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 12 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
Chronology
- 1892Osbert Sitwell born at London.
- 1940Esacpae With Me! digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1947The Scarlet Tree digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1949Before the Bombardment digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1949laughter in the next room digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1949Great Morning digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1959Fee fi fo fum ! A book of fairy stories digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1969Osbert Sitwell died at Florence.
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
- 1.
“Osbert Sitwell”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Consult the source - 2.
Wikidata, structured authority record Q1382720: Osbert Sitwell
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