Freda Utley | |
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 Freda Utley in 1943 | |
| Born | 23 January 1898 London, UK |
| Died | 21 January 1978 (aged 79) Washington, D.C., US |
| Alma mater | King's College London |
| Occupation(s) | Scholar, author |
| Spouse | Arcadi Berdichevsky |
| Relatives | William Herbert Utley (father) |
Winifred Utley (23 January 1898 – 21 January 1978), commonly known as Freda Utley, was an English scholar, political activist and best-selling author. After visiting the Soviet Union in 1927 as a trade union activist, she joined the Communist Party of Great Britain in 1928. Later, married and living in Moscow, she quickly became disillusioned with communism. When her Russian husband, Arcadi Berdichevsky, was arrested in 1936, she escaped to England with her young son. (Her husband was executed in 1938.)
In 1939, the rest of her family moved to the United States, where she became a leading anticommunist author and activist.[1] She became an American citizen in 1950.[2]
- ^ Professor D. A. Farnie, Freda Utley, Crusader for Truth and Freedom, which is excerpt from Chapter 30 on Freda Utley in Britain and Japan, Biographical Portraits, editor, Hugh Cortazzi, Volume 4, London, Japan Society, 2002, 361–371.
- ^ "Freda Utley, Writer on Asia, Dies at 79", The Washington Post, January 1978