A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.

Virginia Woolf, A Room of One's Own

Literature

Why it matters

The idea in context

This is the central claim of Woolf's 1929 essay A Room of One's Own, based on lectures about women and fiction. The sentence is deliberately material: genius needs privacy, time, education, and money, not merely encouragement or praise.

Türkçe

Aynı kart, başka bir dilde.

Bir kadın kurmaca yazacaksa parası ve kendine ait bir odası olmalıdır.
Virginia Woolf, Kendine Ait Bir Oda

Bu söz Woolf'un 1929 tarihli Kendine Ait Bir Oda denemesinin merkezindeki iddiadır; metin kadınlar ve kurmaca üzerine verdiği derslerden doğmuştur. Cümle bilinçli biçimde maddidir: deha yalnızca teşvik ya da övgüyle değil, mahremiyet, zaman, eğitim ve parayla da mümkündür.

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Batch 2026-07-05 (reviewed): verified to Virginia Woolf, A Room of One's Own (1929).

Background reading: Virginia WoolfAttribution and context are revised when stronger evidence appears. Corrections are welcome through the editorial page.
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