Legacy
Gellhorn published books of fiction, travel writing, and reportage. Her selected letters were published posthumously in 2006.
On October 5, 2007, the United States Postal Service announced that it would honor five 20th century journalists with first-class rate postage stamps, to be issued on Tuesday, April 22, 2008: Martha Gellhorn; John Hersey; George Polk; Rubén Salazar; and Eric Sevareid. Postmaster General Jack Potter announced the stamp series at the Associated Press Managing Editors Meeting in Washington. Gellhorn covered the Spanish Civil War, World War II, and the Vietnam War.
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“What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.”
—Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466–1536)