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'''Edith Sitwell''' [[September 7]] [[1887]]-[[December 9]] [[1964]] was an English poet and critic. She was born in [[Scarborough, England|Scarborough]], Yorkshire, of aristocratic but eccentric parentage (Lord and Lady Sitwell of [[Renishaw Hall]]). She published her first poem in [[1913]] and between [[1916]] and [[1921]] edited ''Wheels'', a poetic anthology. ''[[Facade]]'', published in [[1922]], and set to music by [[William Walton]] received with bemusement by the public. She became a proponent and supporter of innovative trends in English poetry, and opposed herself to what she considered the conventionalism of many contemporary backward-looking poets. She received a Royal Society of Literature medal in 1933, and became a Dame in 1954. In 1955 she became a [[Roman Catholic]]. She died at the age of 77.