Virginia Woolf

Virginia Woolf was a writer who experimented with stream-of-consciousness, a style of writing where the thoughts and psychology of characters are mixed with narrative in an often-fractured way. Wikipedia says that she “is considered one of the greatest innovators in the English language”.

Virginia Wolf also suffered from several mental breakdowns. At times she was depressed, hearing voices, and known to be somewhat awkward and eccentric. Sadly, she committed suicide in 1941, at the age of 1941.