Maryse Holder

Maryse Holder
BornOctober 19, 1940
Paris, France
Died (aged 36)
Mexico
Cause of deathMurder
EducationComparative literature
Alma materCornell University
OccupationWriter

Maryse Holder (October 19, 1940 – September 1977) was an American memoirist and feminist writer, who was the author of Give Sorrow Words. The book was published posthumously in 1979 by Grove Press, with an introduction by feminist author Kate Millett, after Holder was murdered in Mexico in 1977, at age 36.[1]

  1. ^ Epilogue to Give Sorrow Words, Grove Press 1979