Julia Strachey
Julia Strachey | |
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Julia Strachey at San Gimignano, 1922 | |
| Born | Julia Frances Strachey 20 August 1901 |
| Died | 1979 |
| Occupation | novelist, photographer, model |
| Notable works | Cheerful Weather for the Wedding, The Man on the Pier, An Integrated Man |
| Spouses | Stephen Tomlin (1927–34), Lawrence Gowing (1945-67) |
Julia Strachey (14 August 1901 – 1979) was an English writer, born in Allahabad, India, where her father, Oliver Strachey, the elder brother of Lytton Strachey, was a civil servant. Her mother, Ruby Mayer (1881–1959), was of Swiss-German origin. For most of Julia's life she lived in England, where she worked as a model at Poiret, as a photographer and as a publisher's reader, before she embarked upon a career in novel-writing. She is perhaps best remembered for her novella Cheerful Weather for the Wedding.