Sara Haardt

Sara Haardt
BornSara Powell Haardt
(1898-03-01)March 1, 1898
Montgomery, Alabama, US
DiedMay 31, 1935(1935-05-31) (aged 37)
Baltimore, Maryland, US
Occupation
  • Novelist
  • professor
  • writer
Alma materGoucher College
SpouseH. L. Mencken (m. 1930)

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] She is central to John Barton Wolgamot's notorious book-length poem, In Sara Mencken, Christ and Beethoven there were men and women (1944), recorded by the composer Robert Ashley.[2]

  1. ^ "Sara Haardt". Encyclopedia of Alabama. Alabama Humanities Alliance. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  2. ^ Waldrop, Keith. "JOHN BARTON WOLGAMOT" (PDF). Retrieved March 11, 2018.