Helen Parry Eden


Helen Parry Eden was an English poet. She is crediting with making popular in English the phrase "bread and circuses".

Life

She was born Helen Parry, the daughter of Edward Abbott Parry. She was educated at Roedean School, Manchester University, and King's College Art School, where she studied 1903–5 under Byam Shaw and Vicat Cole.
In 1907 she married the artist Denis Eden, and they became Catholic converts in 1909. They had a son and two daughters.

Works

Helen Parry Eden published: