Dorothy L. Sayers
(1893-1957)
woman, detective story writer, writer, and scholar
Died aged c. 64
Wikidata WikipediaDorothy Leigh Sayers (/sɛərz/; 13 June 1893 – 17 December 1957) was an English crime writer and poet. 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. As a crime writer during the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction", Sayers was considered one of its four "Queens of Crime", alongside Agatha Christie, Margery Allingham and Ngaio Marsh. Sayers is also known for her plays, literary criticism, and essays. She considered her translation of Dante's Divine Comedy to be her best work. Sayers's obituarist, writing in The New York Times in 1957, noted that many critics at the time regarded her mystery The Nine Tailors as her finest literary achievement.
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Commemorated on 5 plaques
Dorothy L. Sayers 1893-1957 writer of detective stories lived here 1921-1929
24 Great James Street, London, United Kingdom where they lived (1921-1929)
Dorothy L. Sayers writer and scholar was born here 13th June 1893
1 Brewer Street, Oxford, United Kingdom where they was born (1893)
Dorothy L. Sayers Godolphin School 1909-1911 wrote in her novel "Whose Body?" that Lord Peter Wimsey lunched here.
The Cathedral Hotel, Milford Street, Salisbury, United Kingdom where they wrote about
Dorothy L. Sayers Writer and scholar lived here 1916-1917
80, Westbourne Avenue, Hull, United Kingdom where they lived
Dorothy L. Sayers 1893-1957 novelist theologian Dante scholar lived here
10 Newland Street, Witham, United Kingdom where they lived