Martha Gellhorn
Martha Gellhorn was an American novelist, travel writer, and journalist best known for her work as a war correspondent covering conflicts from the Spanish Civil War through the Vietnam War and beyond.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- St. Louis
- Educated at
- Bryn Mawr CollegeJohn Burroughs School
- Awards
- 🏆 Q137884378🏆 O. Henry Award
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Trending topics shown first"I know enough to know that no woman should ever marry a man who hated his mother."
"I tell you loneliness is the thing to master. Courage and fear, love, death are only parts of it and can easily be ruled afterwards. If I make myself master my own loneliness there will be peace or sa…"
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Timeline
1908
Born
Birth1998
Died
Death
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