Skip to content
Contact Us

General Information

Bio

(1941-2006) Journalist. Ellen Jane Willis was born in Manhattan, New York in 1941. She grew up in the Bronx and Queens and graduated from Barnard in 1962. She died in Queens in 2006.

Full Name

Ellen Willis

Locations

Bronx

Author's Timeline

Unknown

RESIDENCE

Willis grew up in the Bronx and Queens, New York.

Unknown

RESIDENCE

Ellen Willis grew up in Queens and the Bronx, New York.

1941

BIRTH

Ellen Jane Willis was born in Manhattan, New York in 1941, and grew up in the Bronx and Queens.

1962

OTHER

Willis graduated from Barnard College in Manhattan, New York in 1962.

1982

LITWORK

Beginning to See the Light: Pieces of a Decade
Wideview.
0-394-51137-9

1992

LITWORK

No More Nice Girls: Countercultural Essays
Wesleyan University Press.
0-819-6284-X (paperback), 0-8195-5250-X (hardcover)

1999

LITWORK

Don't Think, Smile!: Notes on a Decade of Denial
Beacon Press.
0-8070-4321-4 (paperback), 0-8070-4320-6 (hardcover)

2006

DEATH

Ellen Willis died in Queens, New York, in 2006.

2006

OTHER

Willis was a professor at New York University at the time of her death.

Found Wrong Information?

Contact us or use our form to request an update to your information or request an update on behalf of the author.

Have a Correction? pencil Contact Us paper-airplane