About Frances Percy Newman
Lived 1883 – 1928 (aged 45). Frances Percy Newman was a writer, novelist, journalist and librarian.
Frances Percy Newman (1883–1928) was a Modernist novelist, translator, and librarian who critically examined the difficulties faced by women in the American South. Although her career was extremely short, she drew the attention and support of notable novelists and critics like H. L. Mencken, Sherwood Anderson, and James Branch Cabell.
Early life, education, librarianship Frances Percy Newman was born September 13, 1883, in Atlanta, Georgia, to a socially prominent family.
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Who was Frances Percy Newman?
American writer (1883–1928)
When was Frances Percy Newman born?
Frances Percy Newman was born on 30 September 1883.
When did Frances Percy Newman die?
Frances Percy Newman died on 22 October 1928.
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Frances Percy Newman was a writer, novelist, journalist and librarian.
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