Philippa Schuyler
Philippa Duke Schuyler [ ˈfɪlɪpə ˈskaɪlɚ ] (born August 2, 1931 in New York City , † May 9, 1967 in Da Nang ) was an American pianist , journalist and author .
Philippa Schuyler was the daughter of the conservative journalist, editor and essayist George Samuel Schuyler (1895-1977) and his wife Josephine Lewis Cogdell (1897-1969), a wealthy heiress from Texas . Assuming that this would help her daughter, Philippa was fed raw food. According to her parents, she has a special talent as the daughter of a black and a white parent. She was given cod liver oil daily . In fact, she turned out to be a child prodigy: she started playing the piano at the age of three; she made her first appearance on the radio when she was five. When she was eleven, she went on a concert tour, where she also played the pieces she had composed since she was five. In 1944 she performed with the New York Philharmonic . She traveled the world.
Between 1960 and 1969, five books were published in which she tells of her experiences. She reports on the racist prejudice she encountered. You see them as a curiosity. In order to have an unbiased audience, she also performed under the pseudonym Felipa Monterro . Schuyler became a journalist. She also wrote in French and German. In her new job, she reported on the Vietnam War . In Vietnam, she died after a helicopter crash.
Web links
- History on Philippa Duke Schuyler. Philippa Schuyler Middle School, Brooklyn, archived from the original on November 23, 2009 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schuyler, Philippa |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Monterro, Felipa |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American pianist, writer and journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 2, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 9, 1967 |
| Place of death | Da Nang |