Choose another writer in this calendar: by name: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z by birthday from the calendar. Credits and feedback Vita (Victoria Mary) Sackville-West (1892-1962) English poet and novelist, born into an old aristocratic family, proprietors of Knole House in Kent. Vita Sackville-West wrote about the Kentish countryside and she was the chief model for Orlando ...