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[[File:Eda Lord.png|thumb|Eda Lord, 13 Jan 1972, The Pittsburgh Press]] |
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==Early life== |
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Eda Lord is the author of "Childsplay", "A Matter of Choosing", and "Extenuating Circumstances". She also wrote short stories published in the ''[[Paris Review]]'' and ''[[Harper's Bazaar]]''.<ref name="The New York Times" /> |
Eda Lord is the author of "Childsplay", "A Matter of Choosing", and "Extenuating Circumstances". She also wrote short stories published in the ''[[Paris Review]]'' and ''[[Harper's Bazaar]]''.<ref name="The New York Times" /> |
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From 1975 to 1976 she was District 12 Chairman of the [[Inner Wheel Club]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Inner Wheel District 12|url=http://innerwheeldistrict12.org.uk/index/circleofpastdistrictchairmen.html|accessdate=24 September 2017}}</ref> |
From 1975 to 1976, she was District 12 Chairman of the [[Inner Wheel Club]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Inner Wheel District 12|url=http://innerwheeldistrict12.org.uk/index/circleofpastdistrictchairmen.html|accessdate=24 September 2017}}</ref> |
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==Personal life== |
==Personal life== |
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Revision as of 20:20, 7 October 2017
Eda Lord | |
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 Eda Lord, January 13, 1972, The Pittsburgh Press | |
| Born | July 30, 1907 Illinois |
| Died | October 22, 1976 (aged 69) |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Stanford University |
| Literary movement | Inner Wheel Club |
Eda Lord (July 30, 1907 – October 22, 1976) was an American writer and longtime companion of Sybille Bedford.
Early life
Eda Lord was born in Illinois on July 30, 1907. She is the granddaughter of Eda Isadore Hurd (1854-1938) and George Sterling Lord (1850-1916). Her aunt is visual artist Eda Lord Dixon (1876-1926).[1] The novel "Childsplay" is an semi-autobiographical novel recounting in part Lord's life as a child living with her grandmother in Evanston, Illinois.[2]
She attended Stanford University.[1]
Career
Eda Lord is the author of "Childsplay", "A Matter of Choosing", and "Extenuating Circumstances". She also wrote short stories published in the Paris Review and Harper's Bazaar.[1]
From 1975 to 1976, she was District 12 Chairman of the Inner Wheel Club.[3]
Personal life
Eda Lord moved to France before World War II and was taken prisoner by the Germans for a short period as a citizen of an enemy country.[1]
She was the longtime companion of Sybille Bedford, with whom she had a 20 years long relationship.[4] According to Quicksands, Bedford's biography, Lord was an alcoholic.[5]
In her book An Alphabet for Gourmets, Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher admitted to have had an early schoolgirl crush on Eda Lord.[6]
She was friends with Barbara Gamow and some of her letter to Gamow are preserved in the George Gamow and Barbara Gamow Papers at the Library of Congress.[7]
She died in London of cancer, on October 22, 1976.[8][1]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Eda Lord, a U.S. Raised Writer Living in London, Is Dead at 69". The New York Times. 1976. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
- ^ "Authentic Restoration of Childhood - 12 Mar 1961, Sun • Page 124". Chicago Tribune: 124. 1961. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
- ^ "Inner Wheel District 12". Retrieved 24 September 2017.
- ^ "Sybille Bedford". The Telegraph. 2006. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
- ^ Acocella, Joan (2005). "Piecework The writings of Sybille Bedford". The New Yorker. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
- ^ "Alphabetical orders". The Guardian. 2006. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
- ^ "George Gamow and Barbara Gamow Papers" (PDF). Retrieved 24 September 2017.
- ^ "Peel Her a Grape Sybille Bedford's prudent hedonism". Harper's Magazine. 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
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