Mary Lutyens
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− | '''Mary Lutyens''', official biographer for Krishnamurti | + | '''Mary Lutyens''', (1908-1999), official biographer for Krishnamurti |
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+ | She was born Jul 31, 1908 in England, as the youngest child of Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens 1869-1944, an architect and Lady Emily Lutyens, an author, and the daughter of Edward Robert Lytton, Viceroy of India and first Earl of Lytton. | ||
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+ | Her mother become a theosophist while Mary was an infant, and Mary was raised with [[Krishnamurti]] from the age of three. Mary fell in love with Krishna's brother Nitya and "...was much hurt when he seemed to ignore her." She studied at Queens College, London. | ||
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+ | She was married first to Anthony Sewell from 1930 to 1945, and then married J G "Joe" Links, an art historian, on Jun 22, 1945. They remained married until his death in 1997. | ||
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+ | From her first marriage she had a daughter Amanda who married John Pallant. | ||
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+ | She wrote her autobiography in 1959. From 1975 to 1988 she wrote a three-volume biography of Krishnamurti, and in 1990 she penned ''The Life and Death of Krishnamurti''. She wrote a biography of her father in 1980. | ||
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+ | She died Apr 9, 1999 in London. | ||
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+ | ==Works== | ||
+ | *She wrote a trilogy about the life of Krishnamurti | ||
+ | *''To be Young: Some Chapters of Autobiography''. Published by R. Hart Davis, London. 1959. 192 pages. [http://worldcat.org/oclc/1522152 OCLC 1522152] | ||
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+ | ==Sources== | ||
+ | *''[[Krishnamurti: The Years of Awakening]]'', by Mary Lutyens; London, John Murray, 1975. This volume covers 1895 to 1935. Reprint, Avon/Discus (1983, 355 pages) ISBN 0380007347 | ||
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+ | *Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2007. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Thomson Gale. 2007. http://scplweb.santacruzpl.org:2117/servlet/BioRC | ||
+ | *[http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19990413/ai_n14221886 Her obituary in ''The Independent''], Apr 13, 1999 | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
+ | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Lutyens Her entry on wikipedia] | ||
*[[Mary Lutyens to Richard Cecil|Ascent of Mary Lutyens to Richard Cecil]] | *[[Mary Lutyens to Richard Cecil|Ascent of Mary Lutyens to Richard Cecil]] | ||
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+ | [[Category:Famous Women]] | ||
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