Eda Lord
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July 30, 1907
Durango, Mexico
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 Eda Lord, January 13, 1972, The Pittsburgh Press | |
| Born | Eda Hurd Lord July 30, 1907 Durango, Mexico |
| Died | October 22, 1976 (aged 69) |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Stanford University |
| Literary movement | Inner Wheel Club |
Eda Hurd Lord (July 30, 1907 – October 22, 1976) was an American writer and longtime companion of writer Sybille Bedford.
Eda Lord was born in Durango, Mexico on July 30, 1907. Her father, Harvey Lord, was managing a mine there, but the family was forced to flee in late 1910 by the Mexican Revolution. She was the granddaughter of Eda Isadore Hurd (1854-1938) and George Sterling Lord (1850-1916). Her aunt was the 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]
After her father's death in 1920, she went to live with her grandmother in La Jolla, California, where she attended The Bishop's School and became friends with M. F. K. Fisher.
She attended but did not graduate from Stanford University.[1]
Career
Eda Lord is the author of three auto-biographical novels 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]
