ABSTRACT
Many creative writers have resuscitated Woolf, a pioneering figure of a great literary tradition and a forerunner of major ongoing struggles, and have revitalised her image in a permanent process of iconisation and mythification. They have reinterpreted her life and commemorated her work, thus cultivating and shaping her posthumous reputation. When Woolf becomes a character in fiction, she inevitably brings her aesthetic and ideological values with her, but she is also made to address issues as a spokesperson for the contemporary authors. Biofictions about Woolf commemorate her life and work and thus become part of the author’s impressive and enduring legacy. The etymology of the verb ‘to commemorate’ enlightens this literary practice when considered in its double meaning: recalling and showing respect for someone’s life and work, as well as paying homage to them by producing another piece of work to keep their memory alive.
