Virginia Woolf Birthday, Age & Famous Birthday Twins
Born: 25 January 1882 · Died: 28 March 1941 · Age: 59
English modernist writer of Mrs Dalloway, To the Lighthouse and A Room of One's Own, and a leading member of the Bloomsbury Group
Did you know?She was a central figure of the Bloomsbury Group, a famous collective of writers and artists in early twentieth-century London.
Quick facts
Date of birth25 January 1882
Date of death28 March 1941
Age at death59
NationalityBritish
BirthplaceLondon, United Kingdom
Occupationnovelist, essayist, autobiographer
Editor's Take:
Virginia Woolf changed the novel by turning attention inward, to the flow of thoughts and feelings that make up a single day. In Mrs Dalloway and To the Lighthouse, she captures characters' shifting moods and memories with dazzling, poetic precision. Her essay A Room of One's Own argued that women need money and private space to write, a cornerstone of feminist thought. With her husband Leonard, she founded the Hogarth Press, publishing her own work and that of other modernist writers. Her honesty about mental illness also makes her an important figure in conversations about mental health.
Key Milestones
1917: Founds the Hogarth Press with Leonard Woolf
1925: Publishes Mrs Dalloway
1927: Publishes To the Lighthouse
1929: Publishes A Room of One's Own
Adeline Virginia Woolf ( "wolf"; née Stephen; 25 January 1882 – 28 March 1941) was an English writer and one of the most influential 20th-century modernist authors. She helped to pioneer the use of stream of consciousness narration as a literary device.
Virginia Woolf's birthday is January 25. She was born on January 25, 1882 in London, United Kingdom.
How old was Virginia Woolf when she died?
Virginia Woolf died on March 28, 1941, aged 59.
Who shares a birthday with Virginia Woolf?
Famous people who share Virginia Woolf's January 25 birthday include Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Thomas Aquinas, Robert Burns, Vladimir Vysotsky and Robert Boyle.
