Constance Fenimore Woolson
Constance Fenimore Woolson | |
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Photograph of Woolson, c. 1887 | |
| Born | March 5, 1840 |
| Died | January 24, 1894 (aged 53) Venice, Italy |
| Resting place | Protestant Cemetery, Rome |
| Pen name | Anne March (used for The Old Stone House) |
| Genre | Novel, short story, poetry, travel narrative |
| Relatives | James Fenimore Cooper (great uncle) |
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Constance Fenimore Woolson (March 5, 1840 – January 24, 1894) was an American novelist, poet, and short story writer. She was a grandniece of James Fenimore Cooper, and is best known for fictions about the Great Lakes region, the American South, and American expatriates in Europe.
In 1893, Woolson rented an elegant apartment in the Palazzo Orio Semitecolo Benzon on the Grand Canal of Venice. Suffering from influenza and depression, she either jumped or fell to her death from a fourth story window in the apartment in January 1894, surviving for about an hour after the fall.