Helen Parry Eden

Helen Parry Eden (1885 – 19 December 1960)[1] was an English poet.[2] She is credited with making popular in English the phrase "bread and circuses".[3]

Life

She was born Helen Parry, the daughter of Edward Abbott Parry.[4] She was educated at Roedean School, Manchester University, and King's College Art School, where she studied 1903–5 under Byam Shaw and Vicat Cole.[5][6]

In 1907 she married the artist Denis Eden, and they became Catholic converts in 1909.[7] They had a son and two daughters.[6]

Works

Helen Parry Eden published:[6]

  • Bread and Circuses (1914)
  • Coal and Candlelight (1918)
  • The Rhyme of the Servants of Mary (1919)
  • A String of Sapphires (1921)
  • Whistles of Silver (1933)
  • Poems and Verses (1943).

Notes

  1. ^ Who Was Who: a Companion to Who's Who, Containing the Biographies of Those who Died During the Period ... 1951-1960. A. & C. Black. 1961. p. 336.
  2. ^ "Eden, Helen Parry (1885–1960) nee Parry, Poet and Critic, The National Archives". Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  3. ^ Max Cryer (March 2011). Who Said That First?: The Curious Origins of Common Words and Phrases. ReadHowYouWant.com. p. 41. ISBN 978-1-4587-8559-6.
  4. ^ Chesterton, Gilbert Keith (1926). "Gleaming Cohort Being Selections from the Writings of G. K. Chesterton". Internet Archive. London: Methuen & Co. p. 118. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  5. ^ George Walter (26 October 2006). The Penguin Book of First World War Poetry. Penguin Books Limited. p. 409. ISBN 978-0-14-118190-5.
  6. ^ a b c Who's Who. 1955. p. 883.
  7. ^ "Arkansas Catholic February 20 Page 8". arc.stparchive.com.


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