Kathryn Hulme (January 6, 1900 - 1981). Author of The Nun's Story (1956) the best selling novel later made into an award winning movie starring Katherine Hepburn (1959) and The Undiscovered Country: A Spiritual Adventure (Little, Brown & Co. Boston USA/Toronto CA, 1967) reprinted (Natural Bridge Editions: Lexington MA, 1997) (ISBN 1891218034) a description of her years as a student of G. I. Gurdjieff.
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