Janet Flanner's World: Uncollected Writings, 1932 - 1975

janet flanner irving drutman william shawn janet (genet) flanner

The pieces collected here include an early profile of Hitler, reports on the Nuremberg trials, portraits of Thomas Mann, Bette Davis, Picasso, and concerts and art exhibits. Edited by Irving Drutman. Preface by William Shawn.

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384 pages, Paperback

First published October 14,1979

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Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Published: September 14, 1979 by Harper Perennial
ISBN: 9780156459716
ASIN: 015645971X
Language: English

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Bette Davis

Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis (1908 - 1989) was an American actress of film, television and theater. Noted for her willingness to play unsympathetic characters, she was highly regarded for her performances in a range of film genres, from contemporary crime...
Thomas Mann

Paul Thomas Mann (6 June 1875 – 12 August 1955) was a German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist, essayist, and the 1929 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate. His highly symbolic and ironic epic novels and novellas are noted for thei...
Picasso

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Adolf Hitler

An Austrian-born German politician. Born 1889, died 1945. The leader of the Nazi Party (NSDAP), Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and Führer ("leader") of Nazi Germany from 1934 to 1945. As effectively the dictator of Nazi Germany, Hitler was at th...

About the author

janet flanner

Janet Tyler Flanner was an American writer and journalist who served as the Paris correspondent of The New Yorker magazine from 1925 until she retired in 1975.
She wrote under the pen name "Genêt". and published a single novel, "The Cubical City", set in New York City.