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IREINE UNGER CONE
Widely known as a novelist, poetess
and lecturer, Ireine Unger Cone is a distinguished
member of Santa Monica’s literary coterie, and for six years has served as
president of the Santa Monica Writers Club, doing valiant work for the
organization in that connection. During
the greater part of its existence she has been at the head of this noted club,
whose history is recorded elsewhere in this work. She has rendered to the organization service
of great value and her retention in the office of president denotes her exceptional
qualifications therefor. For three years she was parliamentarian of
the Venice City Club. She is also a
member of the Santa Monica Woman’s Club and the Santa Monica Music
Association. She has lectured before the
Santa Monica Bay Woman’s Club and has also addressed other organizations.
It was on the 4th of
December, 1919, that Ireine Unger Cone arrived in
Santa Monica, and here she has since made her home, devoting her attention to
literary pursuits and to club work. Her
latest novel, entitled “Love in Bondage,” is one of the best she has written
and has attracted much favorable comment.
“The Conqueror,” probably the finest example of her poetic muse, is
considered by experts equal to Edward Markham’s “The Man with the Hoe.” Her poem on Lincoln is read in the public
schools of New York City. “The Eclipse,”
another poetic gem which has added to her prestige as a writer of verse, won a
prize in the Poetry Magazine of St. Louis, Missouri. Her poems have also appeared in the Artland Magazine and have won prizes in other
magazines. Her book of poems, “The
Conqueror,” published by the Wilton Press of Hollywood, has had a large sale.
Prior to the World War Ireine Unger Cone spent two years abroad, and on October
11, 1912, she was accorded the honor of a personal audience with the pope at
the Vatican in Rome. Subsequently, while
speaking before the Santa Monica Bay Woman’s Club, she graphically described
her interview with the head of the Roman Catholic Church and this interesting
address was published in a local paper.
Transcribed by
V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: California of the South
Vol. III, by John Steven McGroarty, Pages
101-102, Clarke Publ., Chicago, Los
Angeles, Indianapolis.
1933.
© 2012 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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