30. Martha Gellhorn
American novelist and war correspondent Martha Gellhorn (1908 - 1998) at a press conference held at the offices of the Spanish Refugee Appeal in New York City, circa 1946. Photo by FPG/Archive Photos/Getty Images)
“I was a writer before I met him, and I have been a writer for 45 years since. Why should I be a footnote to someone else’s life?” said author Martha Gellhorn of ex-husband Ernest Hemingway. We couldn't agree more, and that’s why we devoted this week’s mini episode to learning more about the life of this fantastically courageous war correspondent and novelist who was admired by the Roosevelts, friends with H.G. Wells, and the only woman on the scene for the D-Day invasion at Normandy.
Discussed in this episode:
PBS’s Ken Burns/Lynn Novick Ernest Hemingway documentary
Stella Gibbons on Lost Ladies of Lit Episode 17
Charmian Kittredge London on Lost Ladies of Lit Episode 27
The Trouble I’ve Seen by Martha Gellhorn
Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Eleanor Roosevelt’s “My Day” columns
Martha Gellhorn at D-Day CBC-Radio
Hemingway and Gellhorn (HBO, 2012)
A Stricken Field by Martha Gellhorn
The Weather in Africa by Martha Gellhorn