{{short description|American journalist}}
'''Edith Iglauer Daly''' (formerly '''Hamburger'''; March 10, 1917 – February 13, 2019) was an American writer who wrote several nonfiction books, including ''The New People: The Eskimo's Journey Into Our Time'' (1966);<ref>{{cite book|author=Iglauer, Edith|title=The New People: The Eskimo's Journey Into Our Time|location=Garden City, NY|publisher= Doubleday|date= 1966|oclc=419612}}</ref> ''Denison's Ice Road'' (1974),<ref>{{cite book|author=Iglauer, Edith|date= 1974|location=Toronto|publisher=Clarke, Irwin|title=Denison's Ice Road|oclc= 15778720}}</ref> a profile of the ice road engineer John Denison; and ''Seven Stones'' (1981), a profile of the architect Arthur Erickson.<ref>{{cite book|author=Iglauer, Edith|title=Seven Stones: A Portrait of Arthur Erickson, Architect|date=1981|edition=First|publisher=Harbour|isbn=978-0920080139}}</ref> She was also a freelance writer for ''The New Yorker,'' ''Harper's,'' ''The Atlantic Monthly'', and ''Geist'' magazines.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.geist.com/author/iglauer-edith|title=Edith Iglauer|website=Geist.com|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007070015/http://www.geist.com/author/iglauer-edith|archivedate=2008-10-07}}</ref>
==Early life and career== Edith Iglauer was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on March 10, 1917, to a family of German Jewish descent. She transferred to the Hathaway Brown School for Girls and subsequently pursued a bachelor's degree in political science at Wellesley College, followed by further education at the Columbia University School of Journalism.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hawthorn |first1=Tom |title=New Yorker writer Edith Iglauer fell in love with Canada |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/article-new-yorker-edith-iglauer-writer-fell-in-love-with-canada/ |accessdate=February 18, 2019 |work=The Globe and Mail |url-access=subscription |date=February 15, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Writer Edith Iglauer's legacy on the B.C. fishing village she made home |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/writer-edith-iglauer-s-legacy-on-the-b-c-fishing-village-she-made-home-1.5023038 |accessdate=February 18, 2019 |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=February 18, 2019}}</ref> Her interest in Eskimo culture led her to travel the northern climates extensively. Iglauer appeared as herself, along with John Denison, in the History Channel presentation, ''Ice Road Truckers.''<ref>{{cite news|author=Iglauer, Edith|date=1975|work=Denison's Ice Road|publisher=Dutton|isbn=978-0-525-09006-9|title=About the Author|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/denisonsiceroad0000unse}}</ref>
==Personal life== Edith Iglauer Hamburger's second husband was Canadian fisherman John Daly, who she featured in the book ''Fishing With John'' (1988), which was shortlisted for a Governor General's literary award. Widowed by Daly's sudden death on the dance floor, Iglauer later married widower Frank White, another self-reliant Canadian in the same coastal community where she had settled permanently. White died on October 18, 2015, aged 101, in Garden Bay, BC.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.coastreporter.net/news/local-news/frank-white-passes-at-101-1.2092762|title=Frank White passes at 101|work=Coast Reporter|author=Staff|date=October 22, 2015|accessdate=July 7, 2016}}</ref> Iglauer turned 100 in March 2017,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.coastreporter.net/entertainment/arts-entertainment/edith-iglauer-celebrates-100-1.12026567|title=Edith Iglauer celebrates 100|publisher=coastreporter.net|author=Jan Brinton|date=2017-03-18|accessdate=2017-03-27}}</ref> and died in Sechelt, British Columbia on February 13, 2019, aged 101.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/article-new-yorker-edith-iglauer-writer-fell-in-love-with-canada|title=New Yorker writer Edith Iglauer fell in love with Canada|publisher=The Globe and Mail|date=2019-02-16|accessdate=2019-02-16}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{official website|http://www.edithiglauer.com/}}
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