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Her mother, Tatiana Iacovleff du Plessix, (1906–1991) had come to France as a [[refugee]] from [[Bolshevik]] [[Russia]], and ended an engagement to [[Vladimir Mayakovsky]] in 1928, before marrying du Plessix. During her widowhood, she once again became a refugee, escaping [[German occupation of France during World War II|occupied France]] via [[Lisbon]] to [[New York City|New York]] in 1940 or 1941 with Francine and [[Alexander Liberman]] (1912–1999). In 1942, she married Liberman, another White Russian émigré, whom she had known in Paris as a child. (During his love affair with Liberman's mother, her uncle, Alexandre Yacovleff, had recruited Tatiana to keep the boy occupied.) He was a noted artist and later a longtime editorial director of ''[[Vogue Magazine|Vogue]]'' magazine and then of [[Condé Nast Publications]]. The Libermans were socially prominent in media, art and fashion circles. Her mother, Tatiana Iacovleff du Plessix, (1906–1991) had come to France as a [[refugee]] from [[Bolshevik]] [[Russia]], and ended an engagement to [[Vladimir Mayakovsky]] in 1928, before marrying du Plessix. During her widowhood, she once again became a refugee, escaping [[German occupation of France during World War II|occupied France]] via [[Lisbon]] to [[New York City|New York]] in 1940 or 1941 with Francine and [[Alexander Liberman]] (1912–1999). In 1942, she married Liberman, another White Russian émigré, whom she had known in Paris as a child. (During his love affair with Liberman's mother, her uncle, Alexandre Yacovleff, had recruited Tatiana to keep the boy occupied.) He was a noted artist and later a longtime editorial director of ''[[Vogue Magazine|Vogue]]'' magazine and then of [[Condé Nast Publications]]. The Libermans were socially prominent in media, art and fashion circles.
-For the first six months in the United States, young Francine lived with her mother's father (whom she had never met) in [[Rochester, New York]], while her mother settled in. She grew up in [[New York City]] and was [[naturalized]] a [[U.S. citizen]] in 1952. She was a scholarship student at [[Spence School]], where she fainted in the library from [[malnutrition]]. Her mother learned that she had not been eating the meals the housekeeper prepared for her. She attended [[Bryn Mawr College]] for two years, and earned a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in [[philosophy]] at [[Barnard College]] in 1952.<ref name=ContempBio/><ref name=McAlpin2005>+For the first six months in the United States, young Francine lived with her mother's father (whom she had never met) in [[Rochester, New York]], while her mother settled in. She grew up in [[New York City]] and was [[naturalized]] a [[U.S. citizen]] in 1952. She was a scholarship student at [[Spence School]], where she fainted in the library from [[malnutrition]]. Her mother learned that she had not been eating the meals the housekeeper prepared for her. She attended [[Bryn Mawr College]] for two years, and earned a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in [[philosophy]] at [[Barnard College]] in 1952.
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Francine du Plessix Gray (September 25, 1930 – January 13, 2019), was an American Pulitzer Prize-nominated writer and literary critic.

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Biography

Early life, family background, and education

She was born on September 25, 1930, in Warsaw, Poland, where her father, Vicomte Bertrand Jochaud du Plessix, was a French diplomat – the commercial attaché. She spent her early years in Paris, where a milieu of mixed cultures and a multilingual family (French father and Russian mother) influenced her. Her father, then a sub-lieutenant in the Free French Air Force died in 1940, shot down near Gibraltar.

Her mother, Tatiana Iacovleff du Plessix, (1906–1991) had come to France as a refugee from Bolshevik Russia, and ended an engagement to Vladimir Mayakovsky in 1928, before marrying du Plessix. During her widowhood, she once again became a refugee, escaping occupied France via Lisbon to New York in 1940 or 1941 with Francine and Alexander Liberman (1912–1999). In 1942, she married Liberman, another White Russian émigré, whom she had known in Paris as a child. (During his love affair with Liberman's mother, her uncle, Alexandre Yacovleff, had recruited Tatiana to keep the boy occupied.) He was a noted artist and later a longtime editorial director of Vogue magazine and then of Condé Nast Publications. The Libermans were socially prominent in media, art and fashion circles.

For the first six months in the United States, young Francine lived with her mother's father (whom she had never met) in Rochester, New York, while her mother settled in. She grew up in New York City and was naturalized a U.S. citizen in 1952. She was a scholarship student at Spence School, where she fainted in the library from malnutrition. Her mother learned that she had not been eating the meals the housekeeper prepared for her. She attended Bryn Mawr College for two years, and earned a B.A. in philosophy at Barnard College in 1952.

Personal life

On 23 April 1957, she married the painter Cleve Gray and until his death they lived together in Connecticut. They had two sons.<ref name=ContempBio/> Francine du Plessix Gray died on January 13, 2019 in Manhattan.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Career

Memberships

Awards

  • Putnam Creative Writing Award from Barnard College, 1952
  • National Catholic Book Award from Catholic Press Association, 1971, for Divine Disobedience: Profiles in Catholic Radicalism
  • Front Page Award from Newswomen's Club of New York, 1972, for Hawaii: The Sugar-Coated Fortress
  • LL.D.
City University of New York, 1981
Oberlin College, 1985
University of Santa Clara, 1985
St. Mary's College of California
University of Hartford

Books

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References

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