Louise Bryant
Louise Bryant (born December 5, 1885 in San Francisco , California , † January 6, 1936 in Sèvres ) was an American journalist and author who was best known for Marxist and anarchist- inspired ideas and essays on radical politics and feminist issues .
Life
As Anna Louisa Mohan , Louise Bryant was born in San Francisco in 1885 to Hugh Moran. When she was three years old, her parents divorced. In the following years she was raised by her stepfather Sheridan Bryant. She studied at the University of Nevada and the University of Oregon , where she was known for her strong love of freedom and rebellious character. In 1909 she secretly married the dentist Paul Trullinger, from whom she later divorced. At that time she was already planning her writing career.
After a long love affair, Bryant married the journalist and writer John Reed , with whom she toured Russia in 1917 and 1918. During her stay there she took part in the October Revolution and wrote articles about the time. Reed died of typhus in Moscow in 1920 .
Four years after Reed's death, she married William C. Bullitt as a reporter for the Hearst Newspaper . She had a daughter (Anna). The marriage divorced from Bryant in 1930 after a love affair. After the separation, Bullitt took the daughter in and denied Bryant contact with her daughter.
After Bryant was diagnosed with the metabolic disease lipomatosis dolorosa in 1928 , her death in Sèvres in 1936 was the result of protracted mental and physical decline.
filming
In 1981 the film Reds was released . The film is based on the relationship between Bryant and Reed. In it, Diane Keaton plays Louise Bryant, Warren Beatty John Reed and Jack Nicholson Eugene O'Neill.
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Louise Bryant, 41, journalist; Widow of John Reed, Ex-Wife of Ambassador Bullitt, Knitting in Paris. What a Communist Leader. Reported Early Days of Russian Revolution. Interviewed all the Soviet Leaders. , New York Times . January 10, 1936, Friday. Retrieved July 21, 2007.
- ↑ Brad Pitt, 43, laments growing old and ugly
Works
- Six Red Months in Russia . George H. Doran Company, New York 1918.
- Mirrors of Moscow . Hyperion Books, 1973.
literature
- Mary V. Dearborn: Queen of Bohemia . Houghton Mifflin, Boston 1996, ISBN 0-395-68396-3 .
- Virginia Gardner: Friend and a Lover: The Life of Louise Bryant . Horizon Press, New York 1982.
- Eric Homberger: John Reed . Manchester University Press, Manchester 1990.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bryant, Louise |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American journalist and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 5, 1885 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | San Francisco , California |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 6, 1936 |
| Place of death | Sèvres |