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Osbert Sitwell
1892–1969
A sharp-tongued English man of letters, he made his name as part of the famously gifted Sitwell family and became known for memoir, satire, poetry, and outspoken support for modern art. His writing mixes aristocratic wit with a keen eye for the oddities of 20th-century cultural life.
2 Audiobooks
Out of the Flame
by Osbert Sitwell
Argonaut and Juggernaut
by Osbert Sitwell
About the author
Born in London on December 6, 1892, Osbert Sitwell was an English writer whose work ranged across poetry, novels, essays, memoir, and criticism. He was the brother of Edith Sitwell and Sacheverell Sitwell, and the three became one of the most talked-about literary families in Britain.
Sitwell served in the First World War, an experience that shaped his outlook, and he went on to build a long career as a writer and cultural commentator. He was associated with modernist literary and artistic circles, helped champion new art, and earned a reputation for being both elegant and combative in print.
He is especially remembered for his autobiographical writing, above all the multi-volume Left Hand, Right Hand!, which helped secure his reputation late in life. He succeeded to the baronetcy in 1943 and died near Florence, Italy, on May 4, 1969.