Zelda Popkin

Overview

Zelda Popkin (née Feinberg) born Brooklyn, NY July 5, 1898 (d. 1983). Mystery writer who opposed war.

Quotations

"What he found impossible was to shut off his brain, to detach himself from the intriguing problems with which (he) was involved, or to leave alone the major problems of war and peace, race and poverty, man's inhumanity to man and the persistence of stupidity." (A Death of Innocence, 1971)

"Human kindness is immortal. It cannot die, for every gesture, every word which goes out of you becomes part of someone else." (Open Every Door, p. 358, 1956; photo gadetection.pbworks.com)