Marcia Davenport, Praha Hradcany, CZ
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Pametni deska Marcie Davenport, americke spisovatelky. / Memorial of Marcia Davenport, american woman writer.
Waymark Code: WMB14G
Location: Hlavní město Praha, Czechia
Date Posted: 03/22/2011
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Marcia Davenport (June 9, 1903 — January 16, 1996) was an American author and music critic. She was born Marcia Glick in New York City on June 9, 1903, the daughter of Bernard Glick and the opera singer Alma Gluck.
She also wrote several popular novels, notably The Valley of Decision, a saga which traces the Scott family, prototypical owners of an iron works in Pittsburgh, from 1873 to the events of World War II. Davenport lived in Pittsburgh shortly after her first marriage, later using that background, along with further research on the steel industry, for the 788-page bestseller.
Her memoir Too Strong for Fantasy (1967) describes the people, the music, the places and the political forces which shaped her life. Of particular interest is her telling of the events leading up to the death of the Czech diplomat and foreign minister Jan Masaryk in the Czernin Palace in Prague in 1948 and of her close relationship with Masaryk over many years.
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Memorial says that: Marcia Davenport an american women writer lived in this house in the years 1947 - 1948
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