Osbert Sitwell (6 December, 1892 – 4 May, 1969) was an English writer who devoted his life to art and literature.
- Sitwell was an English aristocrat, his full title was: Sir Francis Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Baronet.
- Sitwell comes from a very famous family, his ancestors owned lands in England since the 14rh Century (the name was spelled Cytewelle) and in the 17th Century became one of the world’s finest manufacturers of nails. In his biography, Osbert Sitwell promptly ignored his family’s manufacturing history.
- Sitwell served in the English Army during World War I. It was in the trenches of France where he wrote his first poem. Babel was published 11 May, 1916 by The Times.
- Sitwell achieved the rank of Captain before he left the Army.
- Together with his brother, Sitwell sponsored an exhibition of works by Matisse, Utrillo, Picasso and Modigliani.
- Osbert Sitwell’s autobiography comprised of 5 volumes.
- Sitwell didn’t get along with his father and portrayed him (perhaps humorously) as a grotesque comic figure. However, those who have met the elder Sitwell insist that Osbert was too generous with his descriptions.
- Stillwell suffered from Parkinson’s which made him stop writing due to pain in his hands.
- For many years Stillwell’s entry in Who’s Who contained “Educ: during the holidays from Eton.”
- Stillwell died in Italy in a castle his father had bought and restored.
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