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- Birth nameJanet Tyler Flanner
- Janet Flanner was born on March 13, 1892 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. She was a writer, known for Resurrection (1943), Camera Three (1954) and Gertrude Stein: When This You See, Remember Me (1970). She was married to William Lane Rehm. She died on November 7, 1978 in New York City, New York, USA.
- SpouseWilliam Lane Rehm(1918 - 1924) (divorced)
- She was Paris correspondent to the New Yorker magazine from 1925 to 1975.
- She was awarded the National Book Award Of Arts and Letters in 1966 for her book, "The Paris Journal 1944-1965."
- She was awarded the rank of Grande Maître in the French Legion of Honor, the highest civilian honor in France.
- She was awarded the Chevalier in the French Legion of Honor in 1947 for locating stolen French art in Germany
- She was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from Smith College in Massachusetts in 1958 for her services to journalism.
- When you look at the startling ruins of Nuremberg, you are looking at a result of the war. When you look at the prisoners on view in the courthouse, you are looking at 22 of the causes.
- I keep going over a sentence. I nag it, gnaw it, pat and flatter it.
- I act as a sponge. I soak it up and squeeze it out in ink every two weeks.
- On work: Genius is immediate, but talent takes time.
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