Panter-Downes, Mollie (1906–1997)

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Panter-Downes, Mollie (1906–1997)

Anglo-Irish novelist and journalist. Born Aug 25, 1906, in London, England; died Jan 22, 1997, in Haslemere, Surrey, England; m. Clare Robinson, 1927; children: Virginia and Diana.

Correspondent, whose fortnightly "Letter from London," describing British life, appeared in The New Yorker for 47 years (1939–84) and resulted in Good Evening, Mrs. Craven: The Wartime Stories of Mollie Panter-Downes, among other collections; also wrote several novels, including The Shoreless Sea (1923) and One Fine Day (1947).

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