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Diana O'Hehir (1922-2021) was a poet and writer of prose from northern California. Her award winning work includes six volumes of poetry and five novels. O’Hehir’s novel, I Wish This War Were Over, on which she worked during her 1983 residency, was shortlisted for a Pulitzer. Her three most recent novels, Murder Never Forgets (2005), Erased from Memory (2006), and Dark Aura (2007) are mystery novels featuring a young woman and her Alzheimers-afflicted father.
Portrait by Marsha Polier
Diana O'Hehir worked in the Schelling studio.
Marian MacDowell funded construction of this studio the year that the organization was established and the first artists arrived for residency. It was called Bark Studio until 1933, when it was renamed in honor of Ernest Schelling, a composer, pianist, and orchestral leader who served as president of what was then called the Edward MacDowell…