Nora Waln

              1952
HH proudly presents
A NOTED AUTHORITY ON THE FAR EAST
NORA WALN

• Distinguished Author
• Foreign Correspondent
• Brilliant Speaker


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From first hand observation of the fighting in Korea, from an intimate knowledge of conditions and people in Asia, from years of outstanding work as a foreign correspondent and writer, comes the significant material for Nora Waln's lectures.

Just returned from three years in the Far East and six months of reporting the Korean War for the SATURDAY EVENING POST and ATLANTIC MONTHLY, Mrs. Waln has an incomparable background concerning Far Eastern affairs and the effect of American policy there.

With a speaking knowledge of Chinese (in four or five dialects), Japanese and Korean, she has lived in the homes of the people about whom she writes and talks.  She has known Mao Tsetung, Syngman Rhee, Douglas MacArthur, as well as the GI's, Koreans, Turks, British, Dutch, Russian prisoners and other personalities who figure in the tragic drama of Korea.

As foreign correspondent, she landed with the troops on the Korean beach-head, flew on numerous reconnaissance missions, followed the battle line all the way up the Yalu River, and was one of the six correspondents present on the Manchurian border when the Chinese Communists began their attack.

If you are confused about American policy and Far Eastern affairs, if you wonder about the significance of the Mac Arthur dismissal, the strength of the Communists in Japan, the attitude of our troops in Korea: THEN—

HERE IS A TRULY OUTSTANDING AUTHORITY WITH A DISTINGUISHED BACKGROUND TO GIVE THE SIGNIFICANT, DRAMATIC ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS




Mrs. Waln has recently added another success to her best-selling books, The House of Exile and Reaching for the Stars.  Her most recent book.  Sliding Doors, which deals with her last 3 1/2 years in the Orient, will be published in the fall of 1952 by the Atlantic Monthly.  Arrangements have been made for its simultaneous publication in 11 different countries in 11 different languages.

A sprightly and dynamic grandmother of 56, Mrs. Waln has spent many years of her life in the Orient, studying the people and the language.  During her stay in Japan she lived with 23 Japanese families, and in her journeys to China and Korea, with the families she found along her route.  For this reason, there is probably no American writer with a keener insight into the aspirations and hopes of the Chinese and Japanese people.

A veteran reporter, Mrs. Waln covered General Patton's Army during World War II.  She has recently been reassigned to Europe and will spend the summer of 1952 there as special writer and correspondent.



A Typical Audience Comment:
We are very grateful for the privilege of having Nora Waln.  She gave one of the most timely and outstanding lectures we have ever had.  She is indeed a great and charming personality!

Michigan State College



Some of Her Recent Articles in the SATURDAY EVENING POST

• As the Japanese See Themselves
• Can the Communists Take Japan from Within?
• What the Japanese Think of Us
• Is the Japanese Youth Going Communist?
• The MacArthurs Carry On
• Our Softhearted Warriors in Korea



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