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(1933-2013) Novelist. Hugh Nissenson was born in New York and died in Manhattan, New York.

Full Name

Hugh Nissenson

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


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OTHER

Mr. Nissenson was educated on the West Side of Manhattan, New York.

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OTHER

Mr. Nissenson attended the Fieldston School in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, New York.

1933

BIRTH

Hugh Howard Nissenson was born in New York on March 10, 1933.

1965

LITWORK

A Pile of Stones
Charles Scribner's Sons

Collection of short stories.

1968

LITWORK

Notes From The Frontier
New York: Dial Press

Nonfiction.

1972

LITWORK

In the Reign of Peace
Secker & Warburg
0436313200 / 978-0436313202
Collection of stories.

1976

LITWORK

My Own Ground
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
0374217475 / 978-0374217471
Novel.

1985

LITWORK

The Tree Of Life
Harper & Row
0060151439 / 978-0060151430
Novel, a finalist for the National Book Award in 1985.

1989

LITWORK

The Elephant And My Jewish Problem
Harpercollins
0060916249 / 978-0060916244
Collection of short fiction and nonfiction.

2001

LITWORK

The Song Of The Earth
Algonquin Books
1565122984 / 978-1565122987
Novel.

2005

LITWORK

The Days Of Awe
Naperville, Illinois: Sourcebooks Landmark

Novel.

2011

LITWORK

The Pilgrim
Sourcebooks Landmark
140220924X / 978-1402209246
Novel.

2013

DEATH

Hugh Nissenson died at his home in Manhattan, New York, on December 13, 2013.

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