Izzard, Molly (1919–2004)
Izzard, Molly (1919–2004)
English writer. Born Molly Crutchleigh-Fitzpatrick, Aug 1, 1919, in Cornwall, England; attended schools in Cherbourg, Darjeeling and Genoa; died Feb 4, 2004 in Tunbridge Wells, England; m. Ralph Izzard (foreign correspondent), c. 1946 (died 1992); children: 2 sons, 2 daughters.
During WWII, served in the Political Warfare Executive, an agency of propaganda; spent years living in India, Egypt and Beirut, while husband covered the Middle East for Daily Mail; published memoirs, Smelling the Breezes (1959) and A Private Life (1963); also wrote The Gulf (1979) and controversial biography of Freya Stark (1993).
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