Marian Cannon Schlesinger (September 13, 1912 – October 14, 2017) was an American artist and author.[1]
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| Born | Marian Cannon September 13, 1912 |
| Died | October 14, 2017 (aged 105) |
| Alma mater | Radcliffe College |
| Occupation(s) | Artist, author |
| Spouse | Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. (1940–1970; divorced) |
| Children | 4 |
She published two volumes of her memoir, Snatched from Oblivion: A Cambridge Memoir and I Remember: A Life of Politics, Painting and People, as well as five children's books, which she also illustrated.[2] She painted landscapes and portraits and spent time in China, where she visited her sister, to study art.[3]
Personal life
editShe was a native of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and a graduate of Radcliffe College. Her mother was feminist reformer and novelist Cornelia James Cannon, and her father was Walter Bradford Cannon, a professor at Harvard University. She was sister of Wilma Cannon Fairbank, an historian of Chinese art. She was married for thirty years to Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.; their daughter, Christina Schlesinger, is a painter. She died on October 14, 2017, at the age of 105 years, 31 days in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[4][5]
Works
edit- San Bao and his Adventures in Peking, 1939; 2d. edition Cambridge MA: Gale Hill Books, 1998.
- Children of the Fiery Mountain, New York: E.P. Dutton and Company, 1940.
- Snatched From Oblivion: A Cambridge Memoir, Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1979.
- I Remember: A Life of Politics, Painting and People, Cambridge MA: TidePool Press, 2012.
References
edit- ^ "Marian Cannon Schlesinger '34 turns 100 today". Harvard Gazette. September 13, 2012. Retrieved April 24, 2015.
- ^ A Centenarian's Advice to Young Women: Figure Out What You Want, theatlantic.com; accessed December 9, 2016.
- ^ "Honoring Marian Cannon Schlesinger On Her 100th Birthday". Archived from the original on 2015-07-02. Retrieved 2015-04-14.
- ^ Roberts, Sam (17 October 2017). "Marian Cannon Schlesinger, Author and Eyewitness to History, Dies at 105". The New York Times.
- ^ "费正清夫人妹妹玛丽安105岁去世，曾写《三宝北平奇遇记》_逝者_澎湃新闻-The Paper". m.thepaper.cn. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
External links
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- "Marian Cannon Schlesinger Remembers", radcliffe.harvard.edu; accessed December 9, 2016.
- New York Times obituary, October 10, 2017.