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Nora Waln (1895 – 27 September 1964) was a best-selling American writer and journalist in the 1930s–50s, writing books and articles on her time spent in Germany and China. She was among the first to report on the spread of Nazism from 1934 to 1938.
NORA WALN, author of The House of Exile and Reaching for the Stars, has been living in Japan for the past two years. With her disarming Quaker spirit, she has penetrated...
Aug 25, 2020 · Her memoir presents a broad range of sources and people, and her voice is rarely critical. Some subtle critiques emerge in moments of contrast and irony, though. For...
(1895–1964). The works of U.S. writer Nora Waln were inspired by her travels. House of Exile depicted life on a Chinese estate, and Reaching for the Stars demonstrated her…
MADRID, Sept. 27 (AP) —Nora Waln, American journalist and author, died today at the home of a friend. She was 70 years old and maintained residences in England and Philadelphia.
Born on June 4, 1895, in Grampian, Pennsylvania; died on September 27, 1964; daughter of Thomas Lincoln Waln and Lilla (Quest) Waln; educated at Swarthmore College in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; married George Edward Osland-Hill (in British government service), in 1922; children: one daughter.
Mar 31, 2018 · 7:30pm-9:00pm. Please join us as Mark Kiefer, Chair of the Board of the Beacon Hill Civic Association, shares with us the remarkable life story of his great-aunt Nora Waln (1895–1964)—Quaker, journalist, and best-selling American memoirist and correspondent from Asia and Europe for The Atlantic Monthly and The Saturday Evening Post.
