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Winifred Holtby
Born(1898-06-23)23 June 1898
Rudston, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Died29 September 1935(1935-09-29) (aged 37)
London, England
OccupationJournalist, novelist
EducationSomerville College, University of Oxford
Notable worksSouth Riding (1936)

Winifred Holtby (23 June 1898 – 29 September 1935) was an English novelist and journalist, now best known for her novel South Riding, which was posthumously published in 1936.

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