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1、VictoriaMarySackville-West,TheHonLadyNicolson,CH(9March1892–2June1962),bestknownasVita Sackville-West,wasanEnglishauthorandpoet.ShewontheHawthorndenPrizein1927and1933.Shewasfamousforherexuberantaristocraticlife,herstrongmarriage,andherpassionateaffairwithnovelistVirgini
2、aWoolf.In1913,atage21,Vitamarriedthe27year-oldwriterandpoliticianHaroldGeorgeNicolson(21November1886–1May1968),nicknamedHadji,thethirdsonofBritishdiplomatArthurNicolson,1stBaronCarnock(1849–1928).Thecouplehadanopenmarriage.BothSackville-Westandherhusbandhadconsecutivesa
3、me-sexrelations.AffairsandBisexualityRosamundGrosvenorVioletTrefusisVirginiaWoolfTheEdwardians(1930)andAllPassionSpent(1931)areperhapsherbestknownnovelstoday.Inthelatter,theelderlyLadySlanecourageouslyembracesalongsuppressedsenseoffreedomandwhimsyafteralifetimeofconvent
4、ion.ThisnovelwasfaithfullydramatizedbytheBBCin1986starringDameWendyHiller.Sackville-West'sscience-fantasyGrandCanyon(1942)isa"cautionarytale"(asshetermedit)aboutaNaziinvasionofanunpreparedUnitedStates.Thebooktakesanunsuspectedtwist,however,thatmakesitsomethingmorethanat
5、ypicalinvasionyarn.In1946Sackville-WestwasmadeaCompanionofHonourforherservicestoliterature.ThefollowingyearshebeganaweeklycolumninTheObservercalled"InyourGarden".In1948shebecameafoundermemberoftheNationalTrust'sgardencommittee.Sheislesswellknownasabiographer,andthemostf
6、amousofthoseworksisherbiographyofSaintJoanofArcintheworkofthesamename.Additionally,shecomposedadualbiographyofSaintTeresaofÁvilaandThereseofLisieuxentitledTheEagleandtheDove,abiographyoftheauthorAphraBehn,andabiographyofherowngrandmother,Spanishdancer,marriedtoaSpaniard
7、,entitledPepita.,theloverandmotherofmanykids,male/femalebyBritishdiplomatandsecondBaronet,LionelSackville-West,(1829–1908),asstatedextensivelyabove,runningby2010atsome11editionsinEnglish.Forinstance,the1985editionbyTelegraphBooks,(ISBN9780897607858).ThefirsteditionwasDo
8、ubledayPublishers,1937.TherewasanotherbyAmereon,dateunavailableforthemoment,(ISBN9780848811501).Herlongnarrati
