Girson, RochelleUnited States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018Smith, Lillian (Lillian Eugenia), 1897-19661960The collection consists of four annotated letters from Lillian Smith to Rochelle Girson. Correspondences regard Ms. Smith's selection of books on race relations for the Anisfield-Wolf Award, and include her opinions of works by Louis Lomax, Peter Ritson, and Charles Dickens.Lillian Smith (1897-1966), author, lecturer, and human rights advocate, was born in Jasper County, Florida, and resided in Rabun County, Georgia. Her best known fiction piece was the controversial 1944 novel Strange Fruit.Rochelle Girson (1915-2002) was a journalist, literary critic, and served as the book review editor of the Saturday Review at the time of the letter. In 1967 she published a travel book entitled Maiden Voyages.image/jp2enghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Authors, AmericanAnisfield-Wolf AwardUnited States--Race relationsAmerican literatureLillian Smith letters to Rochelle Girson, circa 1960Text