Lytton Strachey (Cyclopedia of World Authors)
The new movement in biography as a literary form began in England with Giles Lytton Strachey (STRAY-chee) as World War I came to an end. Strachey came from a family distinguished in the army, the civil service, and literature. His mother, Lady Jane Strachey, was a respected essayist and an amateur student of French literature; Lionel Strachey, a cousin, had established a literary reputation in the United States; another cousin, John St. Loe Strachey, was the brilliant editor of the Spectator from 1898 to 1925, and his children, John Strachey and Mrs. Amabel Williams-Ellis, were...
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