Victoria Glendinning (b.1937,) née Seebohm, is a British author and biographer esteemed for her accomplished profiles of literary figures, especially women.
Born in Sheffield, Glendinning attended Somerville College-Oxford, where she studied Modern Languages. She worked as a part-time teacher in Southampton, England, 1960–69; part-time psychiatric social work 1970–73; and served as the editorial assistant for the Times Literary Supplement, London, 1974–78.
Glendinning has written extensively on both literary and historical figures. Her notable publications include comprehensive biographies blending biography with literary analysis: Trollope (1992,) Elizabeth Bowen: Portrait of a Writer (1977,) Jonathan Swift (1998,) and Edith Sitwell: A Unicorn Among Lions (1984.)
Additionally, Glendinning has authored novels such as The Grown-Ups (1989) and Electricity (1995.) She has contributed to periodicals, including the Times Literary Supplement, New Statesman, Irish Times, London Observer, London Times, Washington Post, and New York Times.
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Science, or para-science, tells us that geraniums bloom better if they are spoken to. But a kind word every now and then is really quite enough. Too much attention, like too much feeding, and weeding and hoeing, inhibits and embarrasses them
—Victoria Glendinning
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