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Sara Powell Haardt (March 1, 1898 – May 31, 1935) was an American author and professor of English literature. Though she died at the age of 37 of meningitis, she produced a considerable body of work including newspaper reviews, articles, essays, a novel The Making of a Lady, several screenplays and over 50 short stories. [1]
- Goucher College
- H. L. Mencken (m. 1930)
- Sara Powell Haardt, March 1, 1898, Montgomery, Alabama, US
Mar 27, 2023 · During her brief life, Sara Haardt (1898-1935) produced a novel, a movie script, scores of newspaper reviews, articles, and essays, and more than 50 short stories. Although most of her work was produced for the popular press, it is nonetheless marked by a keen sense of the historical and social forces at work in the early twentieth-century ...
Jan 30, 2024 · Born in Montgomery on March 1, 1898, Sara Powell Haardt was descended from Bavarian immigrants and grew up near the state capitol building. The oldest of five siblings, she was born a “blue baby,” nearly dying at birth from a lack of oxygen. She had poor health for the rest of her life, but this never deterred her ambition and writing.
SARA HAARDT: HER NEGLECTED WRITINGS OF THE SOUTH. OF THE SOUTH. By Gail Shivel. Sara Powell Haardt, when she is remem to reach the stature of serious literature. bered at all, is known as H. L. Mencken's Mencken, however, never considered her wife. She was 32 when they married a and dilettante.
Feb 16, 2024 · February 16, 2024 | Alabama, Women Authors. The University of Alabama Press proudly shines a light on the captivating life and literary legacy of Sara Haardt, a talented writer whose complex relationship with the South fueled her poignant observations and witty prose.
Sara Haardt was born and raised in Montgomery, Ala., where she attended Margaret Booth School, a college preparatory school for girls. She attended Goucher College in Baltimore, Md., where she won the freshman short story contest, contributed to the campus literary magazine and the college newspaper, and was the editor of the college annual ...
Sara Powell Haardt was an American author and professor of English literature. Though she died at the age of 37 of meningitis, she produced a considerable body of work including newspaper reviews, articles, essays, a novel The Making of a Lady, several screenplays and over 50 short stories.
