Martha Gellhorn
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born
November 08, 1908
died
February 15, 1988
place of birth
St. Louis, Missouri, The United States
genre
Nonfiction, Literature & Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs
about this author
American novelist, travel writer and journalist, considered to be one of the greatest war correspondents of the 20th century. She was Ernest Hemingway's third wife, from 1940 to 1945. At the age of 89, ill and nearly completely blind, she committed suicide. The Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism is named after her.
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Travels with Myself and Another: A Memoir by Martha Gellhorn avg rating 3.98 — 65 ratings — published 1978 6 editions |
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The Face of War by Martha Gellhorn avg rating 3.93 — 27 ratings — published 1986 5 editions |
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Point of No Return by Martha Gellhorn avg rating 3.50 — 12 ratings — published 1989 2 editions |
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The View from the Ground by Martha Gellhorn avg rating 3.57 — 7 ratings — published 1989 4 editions |
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The Novellas of Martha Gellhorn by Martha Gellhorn avg rating 3.67 — 6 ratings — published 1993 4 editions |
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A Stricken Field by Martha Gellhorn avg rating 4.00 — 4 ratings — published 1986 |
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The Weather in Africa/Three Novellas by Martha Gellhorn avg rating 4.00 — 4 ratings — published 1979 4 editions |
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The Honeyed Peace: Stories (Short Story Index Reprint Series) by Martha Gellhorn avg rating 3.00 — 2 ratings — published 1953 |
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What Mad Pursuit: A Novel by Martha Gellhorn avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published 1934 |
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His Own Man by Martha Gellhorn avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published 1961 |
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""I know enough to know that no woman should ever marry a man who hated his mother ... ""
— Martha Gellhorn
— Martha Gellhorn
""If I were a first rate writer, I wouldn't mind a bit. What does depress me is this: it is so desperately hard and so obsessive and so lonely to write that, in return for all this work, one would like a little self satisfaction. And that is never going to come, for the simple reason that I do not deserve it. I cannot be a good enough writer. You see? I call it grim. But the future looks awfully clear to me.""
— Martha Gellhorn
— Martha Gellhorn
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