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Janet Flanner (1892–1978)

Author of Paris Was Yesterday, 1925-1939

Includes the names: Janet Flanner, Janet Flanners, Janet (Genet) Flaner, Janet Flanner (Genet), Janet Flatnner (Genet), Janet Flanner/ Irving Drutman, Janet Flanner; And Irving Drutman, Janet Flanner; Editor Irving Drutman, William (editor) Janet; Shawn Flanner, Janet Flanner (Genet); Editor William Shaw ... (see complete list), Janet (Introduction by Margaret; Flanner Crosland, introduction by Janet Flanner. Colette. Translated

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Flanner, Janet
Other names
Genet (pseudonym)
Date of birth
1892-03-13
Date of death
1978-11-07
Burial location
Gender
female
Nationality
USA
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Birthplace
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Place of death
Places of residence
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
New York, New York, USA
Paris, France
Education
University of Chicago (Chicago ∙ Illinois ∙ USA)
Occupations
journalist
writer
Relationships
Solano, Solita (partner)
Organizations
American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature ∙ 1959)
The New Yorker
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Janet Flanner was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. In 1916, she became a drama and art critic for the Indianapolis Star. In 1922 she settled in Paris with her companion Solita Solano, and lived there, writing as the Paris correspondent for The New Yorker (except for a gap during World War II) until almost the end of her life. She used the pen name Genet.
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