Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830-12-05)5 December 1830 London, England
Died
29 December 1894(1894-12-29) (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.
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