Martha Gellhorn

Martha Gellhorn (November 8, 1908 - February 15, 1998) was an American novelist and journalist. She wrote many novels. She also wrote news stories for the Atlantic Monthly.

Martha Gellhorn
Gellhorn, 1941
Gellhorn, 1941
BornMartha Ellis Gellhorn
(1908-11-08)November 8, 1908
St. Louis, Missouri, US
DiedFebruary 15, 1998(1998-02-15) (aged 89)
London, England[1]
OccupationAuthor, war correspondent
NationalityAmerican
Period1934–1989
GenreWar, travel
Spouse
Ernest Hemingway
(m. 1940; div. 1945)

T. S. Matthews
(m. 1954; div. 1963)

Gellhorn was born in St. Louis, Missouri. She died by suicide with an overdose of drugs. She was 89 when she died.

References
  1. "Martha Ellis Gellhorn", Encyclopædia Britannica, Retrieved 1 November 2019


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