Then somebody suggested I s... by Martha Gellhorn, an American Journalist

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“Then somebody suggested I should write about the war, and I said I didn't know anything about the war. I did not understand anything about it. I didn't see how I could write it.”

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Name: Martha Gellhorn

Nationality: American

Date of Birth: Nov 8, 1908

Date of Death: Feb 15, 1998

Profession: Journalist

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