Today in History

VIRGINIA WOOLF, BRITISH NOVELIST, ESSAYIST AND PUBLISHER WAS BORN THIS DAY IN 1882!


” FOR THE MOST PART OF HISTORY,
ANONYMOUS WAS A WOMAN! ”

Virginia Woolf.

VIRGINIA WOOLF, British Novelist,
Essayist n Publisher, Was Born
This
Day, On January 25,1882 In
Kensington, UK!

Virginia Woolf Is Still Widely Read
Across The Globe.She Wrote Less
Than A Dozen Novels, Two
Volumes
Of Short-stories, A Critically
Acclaimed Essay Book (A ROOM
OF
ONE’S OWN) , Nearly 400 Letters
Compiled In Two Volumes And
Other Articles, especi ally, Book
Reviews For The Times Lit.
Suppl.!

‘Mrs. DALLOWAY’, ‘TO THE
LIGHTHOUSE’, ‘THE WAVES’ Are Her
Best Novels.

Virginia Woolf Was One Of The
Early Modernists Who Dared Lots
Of
Experimentations In The Very Art
n Science Of Novel-writing And
Had
Established Herself As A
Prominent
Modern Novelist Writing In
English,
Of Postwar(WWI) Era.

She Laid Huge Emphasis Upon
The
Inner Psyche Of A Character Than
The Usual Practise Of Outward
Delienation! The Outward Action
Gets A Backseat and On The
Frontseat Comes The Interior
Thoughts, Motives,
Urges.....et.al. (INTERIOR
MONOLOGUES)
Of A Character!

The Idea Of Flat Character Got
The
Beating And The Concept Of
‘Round Character’ Got Shape! This
Multi-dimensional Character
Sketch Lent The Novels A Deeper
Psychological Edge And The Art
Of
Novel Writing Went Through A
Profound Change!

James Joyce And V. Woolf Had
Had
The Most Contributions To The
Modern Novels!

Terms Like ‘STREAM OF
CONCIOUSNESS’ Became Very
Definitive Reference To The
Novels
Of Postwar Period!

She Had Also Penned A Lot
Regarding The Feminist Criticism
In
Her Seminal Book, ‘A ROOM OF
ONE’S OWN’.
This Book Is A Collection Of Her
Lectures Delivered At Women’s
Colleges In Oxford n Cambridge
University.
Virginia Woolf Took A Historical
Perspective And Had Analyzed
Various Female Authors And
Feminist Critics In A Dramatised
Way Of Presentation.

A Life Full Of Breakdowns n Bouts
Of Depression, Woolf Died Of
Drowning Herself In The Ouse
River By Stuffing Her Pockets
With
Stones And Going To The Middle
Of
The River. She Was 59.

With Husband Leonard
Woolf, Himself An Author, She
Had Run Successfully The
‘HOGARTH
PRESS’ And Thus Also Known As
Publishers of Note!

Her Friends’ Circle That Used To
Have Had Get-Togethers At
Woolf’s Bloomsbury Villa, Came
To Be Known As ‘BLOOMSBURY
CIRCLE’!
Many Authors, Painters n
Academics Were The Members Of
The Circle That Included The Likes
of Mr. T.S.ELIOT, EZRA POUND,
GERTRUDE STEIN, WYNDHAM
LEWIS....et.al.!

After Woolf’s Death, Her
Popularity
Dwindled Sharpely And It Was
Not
Untill The Late 60s n Early 70s
That
A Fresh Plus Abiding Interest
Grew
For Her Works — Thanks To The
Women’s Liberation Movement!

Films Were Made On Her Life n
Works, Chiefly, ‘THE HOURS’ and
‘Mrs. DALLOWAY’.
Today Virginia Woolf’s Works
Invariably Make Places In The
Book-Shelves Of Reading
Fraternity Around The World!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, VIRGINIA
WOOLF!


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I share the same name and birthday (January 23rd) with princess Caroline of Monaco. And that wasn't planned either.

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1869 – The Folies Bergère opens in Paris

1941 - Citizen Kane, a widely acclaimed film by actor and director Orson Welles premiered in New York.
1967 - Singer Elvis Presley married Priscilla Beaulieu in Las Vegas.
1978 – Japan's Naomi Uemura, travelling by dog sled, becomes the first person to reach the North Pole alone.
1983 – Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis is awarded the Lenin Peace Prize.

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1941 – Gheorghe Zamfir, Romanian musician

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1931 – Alam Ara, India's first talkie film, is released
1939 - John Steinbeck'sThe Grapes of Wrath was published
1952 - The first human life was saved with penicillin, an antibiotic discovered accidentally by Alexander Fleming in 1928

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1939 - Neil Sedaka, American singer, songwriter
1943 – André Téchiné, French film director and screenwriter

1960 – Adam Clayton, Irish bassist (U2)

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Birthdays

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Today's Holidays and Observances

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Birthdays

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