Sylvia Townsend Warner
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Sylvia Nora Townsend Warner (6 December 1893 – 1 May 1978) was an English novelist, poet and musicologist, known for works such as ''Lolly Willowes'', ''The Corner That Held Them'', and ''Kingdoms of Elfin''. She spent most of her adult life in partnership with the poet Valentine Ackland.
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