Anne Lindbergh | |
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| Born | Anne Spencer Lindbergh (1940-10-02)October 2, 1940 |
| Died | December 10, 1993(1993-12-10) (aged 53) |
| Resting place | Mt. Pleasant Crematory |
| Occupation | writer |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 1 |
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Anne Spencer Lindbergh (October 2, 1940 – December 10, 1993)[1] was an American writer, primarily ofchildren's novels.[2] She was the daughter of aviators/authorsCharles Lindbergh andAnne Morrow Lindbergh.
Anne Lindbergh was raised inDarien, Connecticut. After studying atRadcliffe College for three years, she moved to Paris to continue her education, studying at theSorbonne. She met and married a fellow student there, Julien Feydy, who later became a political scientist and university professor. They later divorced.[2]
She later marriedJerzy Sapieyevski, a composer and conductor she met in Europe and with whom she moved to Washington. They also divorced.[2] She was married toNoel Perrin, American essayist and a professor atDartmouth College, at the time of her death. They lived together inThetford Center, Vermont.[2]
Anne Lindbergh wrote numerous books, most of them for children.[2]
Anne Lindbergh died of cancer in 1993 at her home inThetford Center, Vermont, at the age of 53.[2]
Anne Lindbergh's eldest brother,Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr., the first of six children born to Charles and Anne Lindbergh, died in 1932 in afamous kidnapping — what many termed at the time "the crime of the century".[3] Anne's other Lindbergh siblings areaquanautJon Lindbergh (1932–2021), Land Morrow Lindbergh (born 1937),conservationist Scott Lindbergh (born 1942),[4] andReeve Lindbergh (born 1945).
Anne Lindbergh was the recipient of numerous honors for her work, including an award from theInternational Reading Association.[2]
This list includes all known titles at WorldCat.[5]
We didn't go to the usual type of parties. Neither of my sisters was a debutante or anything like that. We were never taught there was anything particularly remarkable about my father's flight.