Lytton Strachey

Giles Lytton Strachey (/ˈdÊ’aɪlz ˈlɪtÉ™n ˈstreɪtʃi/; 1 March 1880 – 21 January 1932) was a British writer and critic. A founding member of the Bloomsbury Group and author of Eminent Victorians, he is best known for establishing a new form of biography in which psychological insight and sympathy are combined with irreverence and wit. His 1921 biography Queen Victoria was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. Continue Reading »

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