Anne Lindbergh

Anne Lindbergh
Lindbergh c. 1960s
Born
Anne Spencer Lindbergh

(1940-10-02)October 2, 1940
DiedDecember 10, 1993(1993-12-10) (aged 53)
Burial place
Mt. Pleasant Crematory
Occupationwriter
Spouse
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(m. 1988)​
Children2
Parents
Relatives

Anne Spencer Lindbergh (October 2, 1940 – December 10, 1993) was an American writer, primarily of children's novels. She was a daughter of aviators/authors Charles Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh.

Biography

Anne Lindbergh was raised in Darien, Connecticut. After studying at Radcliffe College for three years, she moved to Paris to continue her education, studying at the Sorbonne. She met and married a fellow student there, Julien Feydy, who later became a political scientist and university professor. They had two children: a daughter Constance Feydy and a son Marek Sapieyevski. They later divorced.

She later married Jerzy Sapieyevski, a composer and conductor she met in Europe and with whom she moved to Washington. They also divorced. She was married to Noel Perrin, American essayist and a professor at Dartmouth College, at the time of her death. They lived together in Thetford Center, Vermont.

Anne Lindbergh wrote numerous books, most of them for children.

Anne Lindbergh died of cancer in 1993 at her home in Thetford Center, Vermont, at the age of 53.

Personal life

Anne Lindbergh's eldest brother, Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr., the first of six children born to Charles and Anne Lindbergh, died in the 1932 Lindbergh kidnapping — what many termed at the time "the crime of the century". Anne's other Lindbergh siblings are aquanaut Jon Lindbergh (1932–2021), Land Morrow Lindbergh (born 1937), conservationist Scott Lindbergh (born 1942), and Reeve Lindbergh (born 1945).

Honors, awards, distinctions

Anne Lindbergh was the recipient of numerous honors for her work, including an award from the International Reading Association.

Books

This list includes all known titles at WorldCat.

References

  1. ↑ "Anne S Lindbergh in Social Security Death Index". Fold3. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Lyons, Richard D. (December 12, 1993). "Anne Spencer Lindbergh Is Dead; Flier's Daughter and Writer, 53". The New York Times. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
  3. ↑ "washingtonpost.com: Style Live: Style". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Charles Lindbergh's Son Scott Raises Rare Monkeys in France". People. May 19, 1975. Retrieved April 17, 2018. 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.
  5. ↑ "Lindbergh, Anne". WorldCat.