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she was born on 25 January 1882 in a affluent household in South Kensington, London, she was the seventh child in a blended family of eight
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Woolf's childhood came to an abrupt end in 1895 with the death of her mother and her first mental breakdown, followed two years later by the death of her stepsister and a mother figure to her, Stella Duckworth.
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Encouraged by her father, Woolf began writing professionally in 1900. Her father's death in 1905 caused another mental breakdown for Woolf.
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Following her 1912 marriage to Leonard Woolf, the couple founded the Hogarth Press in 1917, which published much of her work.
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he publisher and civil servant, and husband of author Virginia Woolf.
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During the interwar period, Woolf was an important part of London's literary and artistic society. In 1915 she published her first novel, The Voyage Out, through her half-brother's publishing house,
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The couple rented a home in Sussex and moved there permanently in 1940. Throughout her life, Woolf was troubled by her mental illness. She was institutionalized several times and attempted suicide at least twice.
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In 1941, at age 59, Woolf died by putting rocks in her coat pockets and drowning herself in the River Ouse at Lewes.
