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Joy Davidman

Born

in New York City, The United States

April 18, 1915

Died

July 13, 1960

Genre

Poetry, Religion, Classics

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Joy Davidman (born Helen Joy Davidman; 18 April 1915 – 13 July 1960) was an American poet and writer. Often referred to as a child prodigy, she earned a master's degree from Columbia University in English literature in 1935. For her book of poems, Letter to a Comrade, she won the Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition in 1938 and the Russell Loines Award for Poetry in 1939. She was the author of several books, including two novels.

While an atheist and after becoming a member of the American Communist Party, she met and married her first husband and father of her two sons, William Lindsay Gresham, in 1942. After a troubled marriage, and following her conversion to Christianity, they divorced and she left America to travel to England with h ...more

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	Smoke on the Mountain: An Interpretation of the Ten Commandments 4.20 avg rating — 122 ratings — published 1953 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Naked Tree: Love Sonnets to C. S. Lewis and Other Poems by Joy Davidman, Don W. King (Editor) 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Letter to a Comrade 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rauch Über Dem Berg: E. Auslegung D. 10 Gebote by Joy Davidman, C.S. Lewis (Vorwort) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1984	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Weeping Bay 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1950	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Out of My Bone: The Letters of Joy Davidman: The Letters and Autobiography of Joy Davidman by Don W. King (Editor), Joy Davidman 4.32 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Seven Poets in Search of an Answer: A Poetic Symposium by Maxwell Bodenheim, Joy Davidman, Langston Hughes liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“See yourself in the mirror, you're separate from yourself. See the world in the mirror, you're separate from the world. I don't want that separation anymore.”
― Joy Davidman

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“Being a fool for God was not merely alright but liberating.”
― Joy Davidman

tags: candor, humility, integrity, peace-of-mind

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“The modern materialist often makes it simply: "Do what you like," and then rushes off to ask his psychoanalyst when he no longer likes anything.”
― Joy Davidman, Smoke on the Mountain: An Interpretation of the Ten Commandments

tags: humor

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