Grace Flandrau
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| Born | April 23, 1886 St. Paul, Minnesota, United States |
| Died | December 27, 1971 (aged 85) Farmington, Connecticut, United States |
| Occupation | Writer |
Grace Flandrau (April 23, 1886 – December 27, 1971) was an American writer. Although achieving certain critical acclaim for several novels, fictional stories and a journalism career during the 1920s, '30s, and '40s, she faded from public literary view in the later part of her life. Flaudrau's reputation is re-emerging as a prominent writer due to a 2007 biography, which has been promoted by, among others, Garrison Keillor.
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[edit] Biography
Grace Flandrau was born in 1886 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Following her marriage to Blair Flandrau in 1909, she embarked on a career as a writer. She wrote six books, three of which were turned into motion pictures, and more than four dozen short stories. During her lifetime, she was one of Minnesota's best-known authors, with her own radio show and a weekly column in the St. Paul Dispatch.
Flandrau was well-respected throughout her writing years in the 1920s, 30s, and 40s. F. Scott Fitzgerald, a fellow Saint Paul writer, said that her novel, Being Respectable, was "better than Babbitt" and confided in a personal letter that Edith Wharton liked that book "better than any American novel in years." Grace's work was included in The Best Short Story collections for 1932, 1933, and 1943.
Flandrau was a close friend of Theodate Pope Riddle, who provided her with a house on the Hill-stead estate in Farmington, Connecticut. Grace died there on December 27, 1971. In her will, she left a major bequest to establish the Flandrau Fund at Harvard University, aimed to encourage good writing. Her gift to the University of Arizona led to the construction of the Grace Hodgson Flandrau Planetarium in Tucson.
[edit] Works
- Cousin Julia (1917)
- Being respectable (1923)
- Entranced (1924)
- Story of Marias Pass (1925)
- Glance at the Lewis and Clark expedition (1925)
- Then I saw the Congo (1929)
- Indeed this flesh (1934)
- Under the sun; tales of love and death (1936)
Source: Library of Congress Online Catalog
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[edit] References
- Ray, Georgia. Voice Interrupted. Roseville, Mn.: Edinborough Press, 2007. ISBN 978-1-889020-22-8.
- Flandrau, Grace. Memoirs of Grace Flandrau. Edited with an introduction by Georgia Ray. St. Paul: Knochaloe Beg Press, 2003.
