Anne Homer

Anne Homer Doerflinger
Born
Anne Homer

(1907-11-15)November 15, 1907
New Jersey
DiedMay 16, 1995(1995-05-16) (aged 87)
Morristown Memorial Hospital
Morristown, New Jersey
EducationSmith College
SpouseWilliam Main Doerflinger
Parent(s)Sidney Homer
Louise Dilworth Beatty

Anne Homer Doerflinger (November 15, 1907 – May 16, 1995) was an American writer who is best known for her short works of fiction. Under the name Anne Homer she published more than 100 short stories in magazines like Good Housekeeping, The Ladies Home Journal, Mademoiselle, and The Saturday Evening Post among others.[1][2]

Biography

She was born on October 15, 1907, in New Jersey as Anne Homer.

A 1929 graduate of Smith College, she was the daughter of composer Sidney Homer and opera singer Louise Homer.[1] She notably penned a biography on her mother: Louise Homer and the Golden Age of Opera (1974, William Morrow and Company).[2]

Homer's sister was the author Joy Homer who died in 1946 at the age of 31 after a prolonged illness. Joy was married to editor William Main Doerflinger of E.P. Dutton and Macmillan Publishing, and the couple had one daughter together, Katherine.[3] Anne took care of her sister and her family through the years illness, and following Joy's death, she became William's second wife.[2][4] Anne and William had four children of their own together.[1]

She lived in Convent Station, New Jersey. Homer died at the age of 87 of cancer at Morristown Memorial Hospital in Morristown, New Jersey.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Anne Homer Doerflinger. Fiction Writer, 87". The New York Times. May 21, 1995. Anne Homer Doerflinger, a writer whose stories appeared in numerous magazines, died on Tuesday at Morristown Memorial Hospital in New Jersey. She was 87 and lived in Convent Station, N.J. The cause was cancer, her family said. ...
  2. ^ a b c Linda Achey Kidwell and Roland E. Kidwell. "Louise and Sidney Homer: a 21st century dual-career couple, circa 1911". Journal of Management History. 12 (3). Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
  3. ^ Ing-John (October 25, 1946). "Joy Homer, author, Took Aid To China. Daughter of Musicians, Wife of W.M. Doerflinger, Dies at 31. Ran Japanese Blockade". The New York Times.
  4. ^ "William M. Doerflinger". The New York Times. December 31, 2000. Doerflinger, William M. Died on Saturday, December 23, 2000, at Fellowship Village in Basking Ridge, NJ. He was 90. Born in New York City, he was a longtime resident of Convent Station before moving to Fellowship Village ...