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Dorothy L. Sayers

Dorothy Leigh Sayers

English crime writer, playwright, essayist and Christian writer (1893-1957).

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Country of Citizenship

United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
( - 4/12/1927)
End Cause
:
Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927
End Time
: 4/12/1927

Occupation

10 items
Writer
Translator
Novelist
Playwright
Essayist
Poet
Copywriter
Editor
Short Story Writer
Philologist

Instance Of

Human

Date of Birth

6/13/1893

Date of Death

12/17/1957

Place of Birth

Oxford

Place of Death

Essex
Witham

Educated At

Somerville College
(1912 - )
Start Time
: 1912
Godolphin School
Christ Church Cathedral School

Notable Work

15 items
Whose Body?
Clouds of Witness
Unnatural Death
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club
Lord Peter Views the Body
Strong Poison
Five Red Herrings
Have His Carcase
Hangman's Holiday
Murder Must Advertise
The Nine Tailors
Gaudy Night
Busman's Honeymoon
In the Teeth of the Evidence
Striding Folly

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Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

English
French
Italian
Latin

Influenced By

Dante
G. K. Chesterton
Thomas Traherne
William Wordsworth
Wilkie Collins
Arthur Conan Doyle
Ronald Knox

Birth Name

Dorothy Leigh Sayers

Religion or Worldview

Anglicanism

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Manner of Death

Natural Causes

Name in Native Language

Dorothy Sayers

Field of Work

Poetry
Essay
Novel
Mystery Fiction
Detective Fiction
Short Story
Advertising

Given Name

Dorothy
Series Ordinal
:1
Leigh
Series Ordinal
:2

Cause of Death

Coronary Thrombosis

Sex or Gender

Female

Writing Language

English

Family Name

Sayers

Employer

S. H. Benson
(1922 - 1931)
End Time
: 1931
Start Time
: 1922
Blackwell UK

Spouse

Mac Fleming
(4/13/1926 - 6/9/1950)
End Cause
:
Death of Subject's Spouse
End Time
: 6/9/1950
Start Time
: 4/13/1926

Member Of

Detection Club

Position Held

Chairperson
(1949 - 1957)
Organization Directed by the Office or Position
:
Detection Club
End Time
: 1957
Start Time
: 1949

Described by Source

Obálky Knih
URL
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A Historical Dictionary of British Women
Page(s)
:384

Place of Burial

St Anne's Church

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