author
Gertrude Diamant
1901–1969
A sharp-eyed American novelist and memoirist, she is best known for writing about everyday lives with warmth, detail, and a strong feel for place. Her work includes the novel Labyrinth and the much-loved The Days of Ofelia.
1 Audiobook
Labyrinth : A novel
by Gertrude Diamant
About the author
Gertrude Diamant was an American novelist, short story writer, memoirist, and book reviewer born in 1901 and died in 1969. Sources found during this search consistently connect her with Barnard College and identify her as a writer whose work moved between fiction and memoir.
Her best-known books include Labyrinth and The Days of Ofelia, a book drawn from her experiences in Mexico and remembered for its close, humane attention to family life. Although detailed biographical information appears to be limited online, the records available show a writer with a small but distinctive body of work that has continued to interest readers through library catalogs, reprints, and public-domain listings.
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