Christina Rossetti

Christina Rossetti
Christina Rossetti
	Portrait by her brother, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1848
Born	Christina Georgina Rossetti; 5 December 1830; London, England
Died	29 December 1894 (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. Some of her early poetry, such as "Goblin Market", was influenced by the Pre-Raphaelite movement.