Jane Aiken Hodge (1917–2009)
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Jane Aiken Hodge was born near Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Decmber 4, 1917. Her father was the Pulitzer prize-winning poet, Conrad Aiken. She attended Oxford University and Radcliff College. She wrote about 30 suspense novels and historical novels. She was a longtime believer in the right of mehr anzeigen people to end their own lives. In 2009 she chose to do this to the shock of her two grown daughters. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen
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- Hodge, Jane Aiken
- Geburtstag
- 1917-12-04
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- 2009-06-17
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- female
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- USA (birth)
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- Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- Sterbeort
- Lewes, East Sussex, England, UK
- Todesursache
- suicide
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- Lewes, Sussex, England, UK
Rye, East Sussex, England, UK - Ausbildung
- Oxford University (BA|Somerville College)
Radcliffe College (BA|1938) - Berufe
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- Aiken, Conrad (father)
Aiken, Joan (sister)
Aiken, John (brother)
Hodge, Joanna (daughter)
Hodge, Jessica (daughter) - Agent
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- Jane Aiken Hodge was the daughter of Pulitzer Prize-winning American writer Conrad Aiken and his first wife, Jessie McDonald. Jane was three years old when her family moved to Great Britain, settling in Rye, East Sussex where her younger sister, Joan, who would grow up to become a novelist and a children's writer, was born. Their parents divorced in 1929. Jane read English at Oxford University, and in 1938 earned a second degree in English at Radcliffe, her mother's alma mater. She worked a civil servant in the USA for a time, and also worked for Time Magazine, before returning to Great Britain in 1947. Her published works included historical novels, biographies, and contemporary detective novels. In 1972, Jane Hodge renounced her USA citizenship and became a British subject.
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