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 …

American journalist and author . Born on June 4, 1895, in Grampian, Pennsylvania; died on September 27, 1964; daughter of Thomas Lincoln Waln and Lilla (Quest) Waln; educated at …

Nora Waln traveled widely in Europe, Asia and the Americas, contributing articles to the Saturday Evening Post, Atlantic Monthly and other magazines. She was one of the few correspondents …

NORA WALN, an American author and Quaker, went back to the Orient in September, 1947, after an absence of fifteen years. She made her headquarters in Tokyo, gathering material for...

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.

(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 belief that the …

FOR four years — from June 1934 to the summer of 1938 — Nora Waln faced the difficult problem of trying to live with and understand the Germany of Hitler. Many friends she...

Mar 31, 2018 · She saw much unrest and violence in her twelve years in China, but it was only later in Germany, where she witnessed firsthand the rise of the Nazis to power, that Nora’s …

Nora Waln was a 20th century Quaker author and journalist who wrote about Nazi Germany and China. This collection includes editorial correspondence and many incomplete manuscripts, at …

Apr 6, 2018 · When Mark Kiefer comes to the Beacon Hill Friends House on Wednesday, April 11, to discuss the life of Nora Waln, his great-aunt, as well as a Quaker and accomplished …