May 15, 1902–June 20, 1999 by Beth Rowen Clifton Fadiman, shown in this 1938 promotional photo, was a writer, book editor, radio and television entertainer who hosted the popular…
Annalee FadimanAge: 85 writer who in 1941 courageously traveled to China to report on the war—without an assignment. She cowrote Thunder Out of China (1946) with Theodore White. She was…
Clifton FadimanAge: 95 writer, critic, editor, and noted intellectual. He was best known for the several anthologies he compiled and for the encyclopedic knowledge he displayed on the…
(Encyclopedia) Frank, Anne, 1929–45, German diarist, b. Frankfurt as Anneliese Marie Frank. In order to escape Nazi persecution, her family emigrated (1933) to Amsterdam, where her father Otto became…
(Encyclopedia) Anne, Saint, in tradition, mother of the Virgin and wife of St. Joachim. She is not mentioned in Scripture, but her cult is very old. In the West she has been especially popular since…
(Encyclopedia) Boleyn, AnneBoleyn, Anneb&oobreve;lˈĭn, b&oobreve;lĭnˈ [key], 1507?–1536, second queen consort of Henry VIII and mother of Elizabeth I. She was the daughter of Sir Thomas…
(Encyclopedia) Sexton, Anne (Harvey), 1928–74, American poet, b. Newton, Mass. Educated at Garland Junior College and at Radcliffe, she worked briefly as a fashion model in Boston. Her “confessional…
(Encyclopedia) Bracegirdle, Anne, 1663?–1748, English actress. A pupil of Betterton, she was the delight of Colley Cibber and the favorite of Congreve, achieving her greatest successes as the…
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