Josephine Herbst

Angela E. Hubler (Kansas State University)

Ed. by Emory Elliott, University of California, Riverside
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.2.4: American (US) Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary, 1945-present.
Vol. editors: Sofia Ahlberg (Uppsala University), Patrick Chura (University of Akron), Emory Elliott (University of California, Riverside), Dale Enggass (University of Utah), Christopher Hugh Gair (University of Glasgow), Matthew Hofer (University of New Mexico), Stephen E. Meats (Pittsburg State University), Kerry Myler (Birmingham Newman University), Justin Parks (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway), Nick Selby (University of East Anglia)

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Born 3 May 1892
Died 1969
Activity 1923-1969

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Born in United States
Active in United States

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Josephine Frey Herbst was born March 5, 1892 in Sioux City, Iowa. Her parents were emotionally supportive but economically stressed. Her mother nurtured her imagination with stories taken from her family history, letters, and diaries. However, her father struggled to succeed as the owner of a farm equipment store, which failed in 1912. Herbst would return to these events repeatedly as a writer. Because of her family's inability to finance her education, Herbst's college career was interrupted several times. After attending a number of different institutions, she graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 1918. Shortly afterwards Herbst moved to New York City where she associated herself with the bohemian literary group that included her close friend Genevieve Taggard and…

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Citation: Hubler, Angela E.. "Josephine Herbst". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 07 July 2001 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=2103, accessed 21 November 2024.]