Christina Rossetti

Christina Georgina Rossetti was an English poet who wrote romantic, devotional, and children's poems. "Goblin Market" and "Remember" remain famous. She also wrote the words of two Christmas carols well known in the UK: "In the Bleak Midwinter", later set by Gustav Holst and by Harold Darke, and "Love Came Down at Christmas", also set by Darke and by 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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General Info

Female

Date of Birth

December 5th, 1830

Age

194

Birth Place

United Kingdom, England

Date of Death

December 29th, 1894

Died Aged