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Also Known As	Genêt
Born	March 13, 1892 • Indianapolis • Indiana
Died	November 7, 1978 (aged 86) • New York City • New York
Notable Works	“An American in Paris: Profile of an Interlude Between Two Wars” • “London Was Yesterday, 1934-1939” • “Men and Monuments” • “Paris Journal, 1944-1965” • “Paris Journal, 1965-1971” • “Paris Was Yesterday, 1925-1939” • “The Cubical City”
Notable Family Members	sister Hildegarde Flanner

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