Marian Cannon Schlesinger

Marian Cannon Schlesinger (September 13, 1912 – October 14, 2017) was an American artist and author.[1]

Marian Cannon Schlesinger
Born
Marian Cannon

(1912-09-13)September 13, 1912
Franklin, New Hampshire
DiedOctober 14, 2017(2017-10-14) (aged 105)
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Alma materRadcliffe College
OccupationArtist, author
Spouse(s)Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. (1940–1970; divorced); 4 children)

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 to study art.[3]

Personal life

She 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 for a time married 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
  • 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
  1. "Marian Cannon Schlesinger '34 turns 100 today". Harvard Gazette. September 13, 2012. Retrieved April 24, 2015.
  2. A Centenarian's Advice to Young Women: Figure Out What You Want, theatlantic.com; accessed December 9, 2016.
  3. "Honoring Marian Cannon Schlesinger On Her 100th Birthday". Archived from the original on 2015-07-02. Retrieved 2015-04-14.
  4. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/17/obituaries/marian-schlesinger-dead-author-and-eyewitness-to-history.html
  5. "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.
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