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(1931-2022) Novelist. Walter Abish was born in Vienna, Austria, and died in Manhattan, New York.

Full Name

Walter Abish

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


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Mr. Abish taught at the University at Buffalo, in Buffalo, New York.

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OTHER

Mr. Abish taught at Empire State College in Saratoga Springs, New York.

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Mr. Abish taught at Columbia University and Cooper Union in Manhattan, New York.

1931

BIRTH

Walter Abish was born in Vienna, Austria, on December 24, 1931.

1957

RESIDENCE

Mr. Abish moved with his family to New York in 1957.

1970

LITWORK

Duel Site
Tibor De Nagy Editions

Collection of poetry.

1974

LITWORK

Alphabetical Africa
New Directions Publishing Corporation
0811205320 / 978-0811205320
Novel.

1975

LITWORK

Minds Meet
New Directions Publishing Corporation
0811205576 / 978-0811205573
Collection of stories.

1977

LITWORK

In The Future Perfect
New Directions Publishing Corporation
0811206599 / 978-0811206594
Collection of stories.

1980

LITWORK

How German Is It?
New Directions Publishing Corporation
0811207765 / 978-0811207768
Novel.

1990

LITWORK

99: The New Meaning
Burning Deck
0930901673 / 978-0930901677
Collection of stories.

1993

LITWORK

Eclipse Fever
Knopf
0679418679 / 978-0679418672
Novel.

2004

LITWORK

Double Vision: A Self-Portrait
Knopf
0679418687 / 978-0679418689
Memoir.

2022

RESIDENCE

Mr. Abish lived in Manhattan, New York, at the time of his death.

2022

DEATH

Walter Abish died at Mount Sinai Beth Israel hospital in Manhattan, New York, on May 28, 2022.

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