Janet Flanner and Solita Solano papers, 1870-1976

Biographical Note

Date	Event
1892, Mar. 13	Born, Indianapolis, Ind.
1912-1913	Attended University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.
circa 1917-1977	Contributed to various newspapers and magazines, including New York [Herald] Tribune, Harper's Bazaar, Woman's Home Companion, Vanity Fair, Vogue, and Ladies' Home Journal
1921-1922	Toured southern Europe and the Middle East
1922	Settled in Paris, France
1925-1975	Foreign correspondent, New Yorker magazine, and author of "Letter From Paris" under the pseudonym "Genêt"
1926	Published The Cubical City. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons
1940	Published An American in Paris: Profile of an Interlude Between Two Wars. New York: Simon and Schuster
1944	Published Pètain, the Old Man of France. New York: Simon and Schuster
1947	Received French Legion of Honor for "Letter From Paris"
1957	Published Men and Monuments. New York: Harper
1958	Received honorary Litt.D., Smith College, Northampton, Mass.
1965-1971	Published Paris Journal, edited by William Shawn. New York: Atheneum (2 vols.)
1966	Received National Book Award for volume one of Paris Journal
1972	Published Paris Was Yesterday, 1925-1939, edited by Irving Drutman. New York: Viking Press
1975	Published London Was Yesterday, 1934-1939, edited by Irving Drutman. New York: Viking Press
1978, Nov. 7	Died, New York, N.Y.
1979	Published posthumously Janet Flanner's World: Uncollected Writings, 1932-1975, edited by Irving Drutman. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich

Date	Event
1888	Born, Albany, N.Y.
circa 1904	Traveled to Asia
1908-circa 1913	Acted on New York stage
1914-1917	Drama critic, Boston Traveler
1917-1918	Drama editor, New York Tribune
1918-1919	Press agent for John Golden
1918-1920	Fiction writer, Smart Set, Ainslee's, and other magazines
1921-1922	Toured southern Europe and the Middle East
1922	Settled in Paris, France
1922-1923	Wrote articles for National Geographic Magazine
1924	Published The Uncertain Feast. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons
1925	Published The Happy Failure. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons
1929	Published This Way Up. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons
circa 1934	Published Statue in a Field. Paris: privately printed poems
1975, Nov. 22	Died, Orgeval, France