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Marie Saltus
d. 1960
A little-known American writer who moved through poetry, fiction, and literary biography, she is best remembered today for preserving the life and legend of Edgar Saltus. Her work offers a glimpse of a lively literary world that stretched from magazine fiction to intimate memoir.
1 Audiobook
Edgar Saltus: The Man
by Marie Saltus
About the author
Born Marie Florence Giles in Morristown, New Jersey, in 1883, she later became known as Marie Saltus after marrying writer Edgar Saltus. She died in Hollywood, California, on March 20, 1960.
Marie Saltus wrote in several forms, including poetry, short fiction, and biography. Project Gutenberg lists her as an author, and her best-known surviving book is Edgar Saltus: The Man (1925), a biography of her husband written from close personal knowledge.
She also appears in records of early pulp and literary culture, including references to fiction published under her name. Though she is not widely known today, her writing helps keep alive the memory of a distinctive corner of American literary life in the early twentieth century.