Christina Rossetti

Christina Rossetti
Christina Rossetti
	Portrait by her brother, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1848
Born	Christina Georgina Rossetti; 5 December 1830; London, England
Died	29 December 1894 (aged 64); London, England
Occupation	Poet
Literary movement	Pre-Raphaelite
Notable works	Goblin Market; lyrical poems; hymns
Parents	Gabriele Rossetti; Frances Polidori;
Relatives	Dante Gabriel Rossetti (brother); Maria Francesca Rossetti (sister); William Michael Rossetti (brother); Gaetano Polidori (maternal grandfather); John William Polidori (maternal uncle);
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Christina Georgina Rossetti (5 December 1830 – 29 December 1894) was an English writer of romantic, devotional and children's poems, including "Goblin Market" and "Remember". She also wrote the words of two Christmas carols well known in Britain: "In the Bleak Midwinter", later set by Gustav Holst, Katherine Kennicott Davis, and Harold Darke, and "Love Came Down at Christmas", also set by Darke and other composers. She was a sister of the artist and poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti and features in several of his paintings, including Ecce Ancilla Domini! (1850). Some of her early poetry, such as "Goblin Market", was influenced by the Pre-Raphaelite movement.