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| Born | Sara Powell Haardt March 1, 1898 Montgomery, Alabama, US |
| Died | May 31, 1935 (aged 37) Baltimore, Maryland, US |
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| Alma mater | Goucher College |
| Spouse | H. 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]
- ^ "Sara Haardt". Encyclopedia of Alabama. Alabama Humanities Alliance. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
- ^ Waldrop, Keith. "JOHN BARTON WOLGAMOT" (PDF). Retrieved March 11, 2018.
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