Editing Lytton Strachey (section)

{{Short description|English writer and critic (1880–1932)}}
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{{Infobox writer
| name        = Lytton Strachey
| image       = Carrington_-_Strachey.jpg
| image_size  =
| caption     = A study of Strachey's face and hands by [[Dora Carrington|Carrington]]
| birth_name  = Giles Lytton Strachey
| birth_date  = {{Birth date|1880|3|1|df=yes}}
| birth_place = London, England
| death_date  = {{Death date and age|1932|1|21|1880|3|1|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Ham, Wiltshire]], England
| occupation  = Author, critic
| alma_mater  = {{ubl|[[University of Liverpool]]|[[Trinity College, Cambridge]]}}
| parents     = Sir [[Richard Strachey]]<br />[[Jane Maria Strachey|Jane Grant]]
}}

'''Giles Lytton Strachey''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|dʒ|aɪ|l|z|_|ˈ|l|ɪ|t|ən|_|ˈ|s|t|r|eɪ|tʃ|i}};<ref>[http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/lytton-strachey Lytton Strachey] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120122065442/http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/lytton-strachey |date=22 January 2012 }}, [[Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary]]. Accessed 23 August 2013.</ref> 1 March 1880 – 21 January 1932) was an English writer and critic. A founding member of the [[Bloomsbury Group]] and author of ''[[Eminent Victorians]]'', he established a new form of biography in which [[psychology|psychological]] insight and sympathy are combined with irreverence and wit. His biography ''Queen Victoria'' (1921) was awarded the [[James Tait Black Memorial Prize]].