Virginia Woolf Virginia Stephen (Woolf) in 1902 Photo: George Charles Beresford Born Adeline Virginia Stephen (1882-01-25)25 January 1882 South Kensington, London, United Kingdom Died 28 March 1941(1941-03-28) (aged 59) Lewes, Sussex, United Kingdom Occupation Novelist, essayist, publisher, critic Notable works Mrs Dalloway (1925) To the Lighthouse (1927) The Waves (1931) Relatives List George Herbert Duckworth (half-brother) Stella Duckworth (half-sister) Gerald Duckworth (half-brother) Laura Stephen (half-sister) Vanessa Stephen (sister) Thoby Stephen (brother) Adrian Stephen (brother) Katharine Stephen (cousin) Signature Woolf's voice BBC radio broadcast 29 April 1937 [1]