Remembering Virginia Woolf on Her 81st Death Anniversary

Today marks the 81st death anniversary of Virginia Woolf, who is considered as one of the most notable icons of modern English literature around the two spheres.

Born in London in 1882, Woolf determined to reform and renovate the novel by creating a holistic form embracing aspects of life that were “fugitive” from the Victorian novel.

Throughout her long-standing career, Woolf gave modern English literature readers ten novels, a biography, two feminist treatises, three dozen short stories, enough essays and reviews to fill six chunky volumes, thousands of letters, perhaps the most detailed diary by any writer, several memoirs, three Russian translations, a comic play, a juvenile newspaper.

She is well-known for her seminal works, such as Mrs. Dalloway, To The Lighthouse and A Room of One’s Own, Virginia Woolf’s life and works remain highly influential on the world of literature and beyond.

Virginia Woolf is also cited as one of the greatest authors of her time due to her exploration of modernism and feminist narratives, inspiring authors such as Margaret Atwood and Gabriel García Márquez, according to English media.

She was impacted by recurring bouts of mental illness, while her pioneering, stream-of-consciousness novels received critical acclaim during her lifetime.

In 1941, at age 59, she died by drowning herself in the River Ouse at Lewes.