Sybille Bedford Writer

Sybille Bedford, OBE (16 March 1911 – 17 February 2006) was a German-born English writer. Many of her works are partly autobiographical. Julia Neuberger proclaimed her "the finest woman writer of the 20th century" while Bruce Chatwin saw her as "one of the most dazzling practitioners of modern English prose".

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)SchoenebeckSybille Aleid Elsa von
Birth dateMarch 16, 1911
Birth place
Berlin , Germany
Date of deathFebruary 17, 2006
Place of death
England , London , United Kingdom

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