La signora miniver jan struther biography

PERSONAL:

Female.

Struther, Jan 1901-1953 - Encyclopedia.com

Original name Joyce Anstruther; born June 6, 1901, in England; died of cancer, 1953, in New York, NY; daughter of Harry (Henry) Torrens (a British civil servant) and Eva (a philanthropist; maiden name, Sudeley) Anstruther; married Anthony Maxtone Graham (an insurance broker), 1923, (divorced 1947); married second husband, Adolf Kurtz Placzek (an architectural historian and librarian), 1948; children: (first marriage) James, Robert, Janet.

Education: Attended Miss Ironside's private school. Religion: Agnostic.

CAREER:

Poet, essayist, hymnwriter, and humorist.

WRITINGS:

Betsinda Dances, and Other Poems,Oxford University Press (London, England), 1931.

Sycamore Square and Other Verses, illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard, Oxford University Press (New York, NY), 1932.

The Modern Struwwelpeter (juvenile poetry), 1936.

When Grandmamma Was Small (poetry; adapted from the Swedish by Ingrid Smith), Methuen (London, England), 1937.

Jan Struther: The Legacy of Mrs.

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