Solano, Solita, 1888-1975

Biographical Note

Janet Flanner

• 1892, Mar. 13: Born, Indianapolis, Ind.
• 1912 - 1913 : Attended University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.
• circa 1917 - 1977 : Contributed to various newspapers and magazines, including New York [Herald] Tribune, Harper's Bazaar, Woman's Home Companion, Vanity Fair, Vogue, and Ladies' Home Journal
• 1921 - 1922 : Toured southern Europe and the Middle East
• 1922: Settled in Paris, France
• 1925 - 1975 : Foreign correspondent, New Yorker magazine, and author of "Letter From Paris" under the pseudonym "Genêt"
• 1926: Published The Cubical City. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons
• 1940: Published An American in Paris: Profile of an Interlude Between Two Wars. New York: Simon and Schuster
• 1944: Published Pètain, the Old Man of France. New York: Simon and Schuster
• 1947: Received French Legion of Honor for "Letter From Paris"
• 1957: Published Men and Monuments. New York: Harper
• 1958: Received honorary Litt.D., Smith College, Northampton, Mass.
• 1965 - 1971 : Published Paris Journal, edited by William Shawn. New York: Atheneum (2 vols.)
• 1966: Received National Book Award for volume one of Paris Journal
• 1972: Published Paris Was Yesterday, 1925-1939, edited by Irving Drutman. New York: Viking Press
• 1975: Published London Was Yesterday, 1934-1939, edited by Irving Drutman. New York: Viking Press
• 1978, Nov. 7: Died, New York, N.Y.
• 1979: Published posthumously Janet Flanner's World: Uncollected Writings, 1932-1975, edited by Irving Drutman. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich

Solita Solano

• 1888: Born, Albany, N.Y.
• circa 1904: Traveled to Asia
• 1908 - circa 1913 : Acted on New York stage
• 1914 - 1917 : Drama critic, Boston Traveler
• 1917 - 1918 : Drama editor, New York Tribune
• 1918 - 1919 : Press agent for John Golden
• 1918 - 1920 : Fiction writer, Smart Set, Ainslee's, and other magazines
• 1921 - 1922 : Toured southern Europe and the Middle East
• 1922: Settled in Paris, France
• 1922 - 1923 : Wrote articles for National Geographic Magazine
• 1924: Published The Uncertain Feast. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons
• 1925: Published The Happy Failure. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons
• 1929: Published This Way Up. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons
• circa 1934: Published Statue in a Field. Paris: privately printed poems
• 1975, Nov. 22: Died, Orgeval, France

From the guide to the Janet Flanner and Solita Solano Papers, 1870-1976, (bulk 1955-1975), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)