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Irene Osgood (1875 – 12 December 1922) was an American novelist, poet and dramatist.
* Divorce for Irene Osgood, ''New York Times'', January 20, 191
* Writer sues wife for mss. and a cat,'' New York Times'', March 23, 191
Play ''The Menace'' by Irene Osgood on Great War Theatre
1875 births 1922 deaths Sherard family 20th-century American novelists 20th-century American women writers 20th-century American poets 20th-century American dramatists and playwrights American women novelists American women poets American women dramatists and playwrights 19th-century American writers 19th-century American women writers American expatriates in the United Kingdom {{US-writer-stub
Irene Osgood (1875 – 12 December 1922) was an American novelist, poet and dramatist.
Biography
She was born nearRichmond, Virginia
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, in 1875 and spent most of her life in England. She was a daughter of John De Belot. Among her novels were ''To a Nun Confessed'', ''Servitude'', ''Behind the Fan,'' ''The Garden of Spices'', ''The House of Dolls'', ''A Mother of Dreams'', T''he Indelicate Duellist'', ''An Idol's Passion'', ''The Chant of A Lonely Heart,'' and other works, including many short stories.
One of her latest works before she died was the drama ''Une Aventure de Capitane Lebrun'', produced in 1913 at the Theatre Molière, Paris.
Osgood was twice married. Her first husband was Charles Piggot Harvey. Her second husband was Robert Sherard
Robert Harborough Sherard (3 December 1861 – 30 January 1943) was an English writer and journalist. He was a friend, and the first biographer, of Oscar Wilde, as well as being Wilde's most prolific biographer in the first half of the twenti ...
, an English author and great-grandson of the poet Wordsworth
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. She divorced him in 1915, the contest being a sensation at the time. In 1911 Sherard had brought a court case against his wife, claiming that he had written a number of the books published under her name. She died at Guilsborough
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Hall, her Northamptonshire
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residence.
Sources
* Obituary: ''New York Times'', December 13, 192* Divorce for Irene Osgood, ''New York Times'', January 20, 191
* Writer sues wife for mss. and a cat,'' New York Times'', March 23, 191
External links
Play ''The Menace'' by Irene Osgood on Great War Theatre
1875 births 1922 deaths Sherard family 20th-century American novelists 20th-century American women writers 20th-century American poets 20th-century American dramatists and playwrights American women novelists American women poets American women dramatists and playwrights 19th-century American writers 19th-century American women writers American expatriates in the United Kingdom {{US-writer-stub