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Fannie Hurst (October 18, 1889 – February 23, 1968) [1] was an American novelist and short-story writer whose works were highly popular during the post- World War I era. Her work combined sentimental, romantic themes with social issues of the day, such as women's rights and race relations.
Fannie Hurst (born Oct. 18, 1889, Hamilton, Ohio, U.S.—died Feb. 23, 1968, New York, N.Y.) was an American novelist, dramatist, and screenwriter. Hurst grew up and attended schools in St. Louis, Missouri.
Jul 14, 2018 · Fannie Hurst (October 19, 1885 – February 23, 1968) was a prolific American novelist and short-story writer. Though largely forgotten today, her work was hugely popular in her heyday, roughly from the 1920s through the early 1950s.
Fannie Hurst was born in Ohio, grew up in St. Louis and spent her adult life in New York City. She is the author of 17 novels and more than 250 short stories, as well as plays, screenplays, memoirs, essays and articles.
Jun 23, 2021 · Born on October 18, 1889, in Hamilton, Ohio, and raised in comfortable circumstances in St. Louis, Missouri, Fannie Hurst was the only surviving child of Rose (Koppel) Hurst and Samuel Hurst, American-born Jews of German descent.
Hurst was well-known for her passionate advocacy of feminist causes. She was member of Heterodoxy, a Greenwich Village club founded in 1912 as a forum for “unorthodox” women (including many bisexuals and lesbians) to debate cultural, political, and sexual reforms deemed radical at the time.
Aug 3, 2018 · Fannie Hurst: Writer, Feminist, Civil Rights Advocate. Robyn Asleson. August 3, 2018. Fannie Hurst by Joseph Margulies, 1929; National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; © Estate of...
Fannie Hurst had a very active career that spanned over fifty years. She had written seventeen novels, nine volumes of short stories, three plays, many articles, speaking engagements, a television talk show and collaborated on a number of films. She was born on October 18, 1889, in Hamilton, Ohio.
Fannie Hurst, the daughter of Rose Koppel and Samuel Hurst, was born at the home of her maternal grandparents in Hamilton, Ohio, on October 19, 1889. A short time later she was taken to St. Louis, her home for the next twenty years.
HURST, Fannie. Born 18 October 1889, Hamilton, Ohio; died 23 February 1968, New York, New York. Daughter of Samuel and Rose Koppel Hurst; married Jacques S.Danielson, 1915. Fannie Hurst, daughter of American-born Jews of German descent, was raised and educated in St. Louis, Missouri (B.A. 1909, Washington University).
