Grace Frick

Grace Marion Frick (January 12, 1903 – November 18, 1979) was an American translator and researcher for her lifelong partner, Belgian-French writer Marguerite Yourcenar.

[3] Frick attended Wellesley College, receiving her bachelor's in 1925 and in 1927 earning a master's degree in English.

[3][1][4] Frick is most remembered for being the translator from French into English of Memoirs of Hadrian, The Abyss and Coup de Grâce by Marguerite Yourcenar.

[8] They fell madly in love with one another and, in 1939, Grace invited Marguerite to come live with her in the United States, allowing the latter to escape the imminent war in Europe.

[3][4] The two companions spoke French at home, loved horseback riding and lived a quiet life.

Photographie noir et blanc d'une veille femme aux yeux pétillants qui sourit.
French writer Marguerite Yourcenar, her companion, in 1982.