Virginia Woolf

Adeline Virginia Woolf was an English writer and a major 20th-century modernist author. She helped pioneer stream of consciousness narration. Born in South Kensington, London, she became a founding member of the Bloomsbury Group and, with her husband Leonard Woolf, established the Hogarth Press. Her novels include Mrs Dalloway, To the Lighthouse and Orlando. She also wrote the feminist essays A Room of One's Own and Three Guineas.

Born

25 January 1882, South Kensington, London

Literary technique

Helped pioneer stream of consciousness narration

Publishing venture

Established the Hogarth Press with Leonard Woolf in 1917