# Mary McCarthy Topic: [[Topics/Hannah Arendt/Hannah Arendt|Hannah Arendt]] · People in this topic are listed on the hub. - **Who:** American novelist and critic (1912–1989 ◻), Arendt's friend. ## Role in this topic - Edited *The Life of the Mind* (1978), which grew out of the lecture ([Villa chronology](https://api.pageplace.de/preview/DT0400.9780429754333_A41115454/preview-9780429754333_A41115454.pdf)).