Dorothy L. Sayers
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| Born |
13 June 1893 Oxford, UK |
| Died | 17 December 1957 (aged 64) Witham, Essex, UK |
| Occupation | Novelist, playwright, essayist, translator, copywriter, poet |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | English |
| Genre | Crime fiction |
| Literary movement | Golden Age of Detective Fiction |
| Spouse | Mac Fleming (m. 1926–50, his death) |
| Children | John Anthony Fleming (1924–1984) |
Dorothy Leigh Sayers (/ˈsɛərz/ SAIRZ; 13 June 1893 – 17 December 1957) was a renowned English crime writer, poet, playwright, essayist, translator, and Christian humanist. She was also a student of classical and modern languages.
She is best known for her mysteries, a series of novels and short stories set between the First and Second World Wars that feature English aristocrat and amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey, which remain popular to this day. However, Sayers herself considered her translation of Dante's Divine Comedy to be her best work. She is also known for her plays, literary criticism, and essays.
Sayers was an only child, born on 13 June 1893 at the Headmaster's House, Christ Church Cathedral School, Oxford. Her father, the Rev. Henry Sayers, M.A., was a chaplain of Christ Church and headmaster of the Choir School. When she was six, he started teaching her Latin. She grew up in the tiny village of Bluntisham-cum-Earith in Huntingdonshire after her father was given the living there as rector. The church graveyard next to the elegant Regency rectory features the surnames of several characters from her mystery The Nine Tailors, and the nearby River Great Ouse and the Fens invite comparison with the book's vivid description of a massive flood around the village.
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