Marya mannes biography examples

American writer and social commentator . Name variations: Marya Mannes Blow; (pseudonym) Sec. Born Maria von Heimburg Mannes on November 14, , in New York City; died on September 13, , in San Francisco, California; daughter of David Mannes (a violinist and co-founder of the Mannes College of Music) and Clara Damrosch Mannes (–, a pianist and co-founder of the Mannes College of Music); married Jo Mielziner (a theatrical designer), in (divorced ); married Richard Blow (an artist), in (divorced ); married Christopher Clarkson, in (divorced ); children: (second marriage) David Jeremy Blow.

Selected writings: (novel)

Message from a Stranger (); (essays) More in Anger (); (poetry) Subverse (); (essays) The New York I Know (); But Will It Sell?

(); (novel) They (); (autobiography) Out of My Time (); Last Rights ().

Marya Mannes achieved renown in the s and s as a writer on a variety of political and cultural matters, but may be best remembered for