Jessica Mitford
Jessica Lucy "Decca" Freeman-Mitford (11 September 1917 – 23 Juli 1996) adalah penulis Inggris, salah satu keluarga bangsawan Mitford bersaudari yang terkenal karena pandangan politik mereka yang sangat keras.
| The Honourable Jessica Mitford | |
|---|---|
 Mitford karya William Acton, 1937 | |
| Lahir | Jessica Lucy Freeman-Mitford 11 September 1917 Gloucestershire, Inggris |
| Meninggal | 23 Juli 1996 (umur 78)[1][2] Oakland, California, A.S. |
| Kebangsaan | Britania |
| Warga negara | Britania Amerika (naturalisasi) |
| Pekerjaan | Wartawan investigasi |
| Dikenal atas | Mitford bersaudari, Komunis, Hons and Rebels, The American Way of Death |
| Suami/istri | |
| Anak | 4 |
| Orang tua | David Freeman-Mitford, 2nd Baron Redesdale Sydney Bowles |
| Keluarga | Mitford |
Jessica menikahi sepupu keduanya, Esmond Romilly, yang gugur dalam Perang Dunia II, dan kemudian menikah dengan pengacara HAM berkebangsaan Amerika, Robert Treuhaft, yang mengajaknya bergabung dengan Partai Komunis Amerika Serikat dan berhubungan erat dengan Kongres Hak Asasi Manusia. Keduanya menolak untuk bersaksi di hadapan House Un-American Activities Committee. Mereka mengundurkan diri dari partai pada tahun 1958.
Memoarnya tahun 1960 berjudul Hons and Rebels dan bukunya tahun 1963 mengenai komentar sosial, The American Way of Death, telah dianggap sebagai salah satu karya sastra klasik.
Karya sunting
- Hons and Rebels (U.S.: Daughters and Rebels), 1960
- The American Way of Death, 1963
- The Trial of Dr. Spock, the Rev. William Sloane Coffin, Jr., Michael Ferber, Mitchell Goodman, and Marcus Raskin, Macdonald, 1969
- Kind and Usual Punishment: The Prison Business, Alfred A. Knopf, 1973
- A Fine Old Conflict, London: Michael Joseph, 1977
- The Making of a Muckraker, London: Michael Joseph, 1979
- Poison Penmanship: The Gentle Art of Muckraking, 1979
- Grace Had an English Heart: The Story of Grace Darling, Heroine and Victorian Superstar, E. P. Dutton & Co, 1988. ISBN 0-525-24672-X
- The American Way of Birth, 1992
- The American Way of Death Revisited, 1998
- Decca: The Letters of Jessica Mitford, edited by journalist Peter Y. Sussman. Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. ISBN 0-375-41032-5
Referensi sunting
- ^ Jessica Mitford, Incisive Critic of American Ways and a BritishUpbringing, Dies at 78
- ^ Caen, Herb (26 July 1996). "The Mourning Fog". SFGATE. Hearst Newspapers. Diakses tanggal 15 November 2020.
Pranala luar sunting
- Jessica Mitford memorial site
- The Mitford Institute
- Jessica Mitford Papers at The Ohio State University's Rare Books & Manuscripts Library
- Peter Y. Sussman's main page on Decca: The Letters of Jessica Mitford
- Albion Monitor report on Jessica Mitford
- Correspondence Between Clinton, Treuhaft, and Mitford[pranala nonaktif permanen]
- Jessica Mitford's papers at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin
- Robert Boynton website Diarsipkan 2021-11-30 di Wayback Machine.
- Audio interview by Christopher Hitchens with Jessica Mitford (1988)
- Edward Guthmann (14 November 2006). "Great writer. But as a mother? Jessica Mitford's children recall the woman they called Decca". San Francisco Chronicle.
- Jessica Mitford di IMDb (dalam bahasa Inggris)
- James Forman Jr. – Grandson of Jessica Mitford
- The Official Nancy Mitford Website
- The Outsiders: John Pilger interviews Jessica Mitford Wilfred