Joy davidman and c.s. lewis
Joy davidman and c.s. lewis
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Joy Davidman
American poet (1915–1960)
Joy Davidman | |
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| Born | Helen Joy Davidman (1915-04-18)18 April 1915 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | 13 July 1960(1960-07-13) (aged 45) Oxford, England |
| Occupation(s) | Poet, author |
| Known for | Smoke on the Mountain: An Interpretation of the Ten Commandments; life with CS Lewis |
| Spouses | |
| Children | 2, David and Douglas Gresham |
Helen Joy Davidman (18 April 1915 – 13 July 1960) was an American poet and writer.
Often referred to as a child prodigy, she earned a master's degree from Columbia University in English literature at age twenty in 1935.
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For her book of poems, Letter to a Comrade, she won the Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition in 1938 and the Russell Loines Award for Poetry in 1939. She was the author of several books, including two novels.
While an atheist and after becoming a member of the American Communist Party, she met and married her first husband and father of her two sons, Willi