The Resume

(March 13, 1892-November 7, 1978)
Born in Indianapolis, Indiana
Paris correspondent for 'The New Yorker' (1925-75)
Wrote the novel 'The Cubical City' (1926)

Why she might be annoying:

She married a former college classmate who had moved to New York City solely to get out of Indiana.
She was a chain smoker.
Gertrude Stein said she was 'as ugly as the buffalo side of an Indian head nickel.'
Her columns were published under the pen name 'Genêt,' reportedly because 'New Yorker' founder Harold Ross thought it was the French version of 'Janet.' (It ain't.)

Why she might not be annoying:

She and fellow journalist Solita Solano lived together for over 50 years.
She was named a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor for locating stolen French art in Germany (1947).
Her sophisticated and witty writing came to epitomize the 'New Yorker style.'
An example of her style, from a profile of Isadora Duncan: 'The clergy, hearing of (though supposedly without ever seeing) her bare calf, denounced it as violently as if it had been golden.'
'New Yorker' editor William Shawn called her 'a poet among journalists.'

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 53]
• College Drop Outs
• Dick Cavett Show Guests
• I am a Hoosier [Indiana]
• I am an Agnostic
• I Attended University of Chicago
• I Died in 1978 (Ranked: 86)
• I Made a Scene on The Dick Cavett Show
• I Probably Banged Mata Hari
• I was Cremated
• Lesbians
• One of My Parents Committed Suicide
• Profiles 35501-35750 (Ranked: 35526)
• Women Who Kept Their Maiden Name After Marriage [Lucy Stoners]

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 8 Votes: 87.50% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying