What is Joy Davidman?
{{Infobox person | birthname = Helen Joy Davidman | image = | image_size = | alt = Joy Davidman | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|1915|4|18|df=y}} | birth_place = [[New York City]], [[United States]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1960|7|13|1915|4|8|df=y}} | death_place = [[Oxford]], England | death_cause = [[bone tumor|Bone cancer]] | spouse = {{marriage|[[William Lindsay Gresham]]|1942|1954}}<br/>{{marriage|[[C. S. Lewis]]|1956|1960}} | residence = | nationality = American | citizenship = American | known_for = | occupation = Poet, author | website = }} '''Joy Davidman''' (born '''Helen Joy Davidman'''; 18 April 1915&nbsp;– 13 July 1960) was an [[Americans|American]] [[poet]] and [[writer]]. She was [[Jew]]ish and of [[Poland|Polish]] and [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] [[descent]]. She won the [[Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition]] in 1938 and the [[Russell Loines Award for Poetry]] in 1939 for her book of poems, ''Letter to a Comrade''. She was the author of several books, including two novels. She was also the wife of [[C. S. Lewis]]. She died of [[bone cancer]] four years after the marriage. == Related pages == *[[List of poets from North America]] {{DEFAULTSORT:Davidman, Joy}} [[Category:1915 births]] [[Category:1960 deaths]] [[Category:American poets]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in England]] [[Category:Deaths from bone cancer]] [[Category:Writers from New York City]] {{US-bio-stub}}