Martha Foley

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American editor, writer and co-founder of Story Magazine Married to writer and editor Whit Burnett from 1930 to 1942. Born: 21 March 1897 in Boston, Massachusetts Died: 5 September 1977 in Northampton, Massachusetts [link text][1] ---------- MARTHA FOLEY DIES; EDITOR AND TEACHER ------------------------------------- By Wolfgang Saxon Sept. 7, 1977 Credit...The New York Times Archives See the article in its original context from September 7, 1977, Page 55B [link text][2] Martha Foley, editor of “The Best American Short Stories” and a powerful force in the development of that American literary metier, died Monday of heart disease at Cooley Dickenson Hospital in Northampton, Mass. She was 80 years old and lived in Northampton. A writer and teacher at Columbia University, Miss Foley edited the annual short‐story anthologies for 35 years, beginning in 1941. She also was the cofounder of Story magazine, co‐editor of The Story Press from 1931 to 1942 and editor of “Fifty Best American Short Stories, 1915‐1965,” and “200 Years of Great American Short Stories,” published in 1975. Miss Foley started teaching the short story at Columbia University and Barnard College in 1945, after having worked as a reporter, editor and correspondent for American and foreign newspapers in the 1920's and 30's. The newspapers she worked for included The Times of London and The Paris Herald. Until 1966, when an accident forced her to give up teaching, her popular courses at Columbia gave many an aspiring

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