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(1934-2002) Author, essayist. Barbara Grizzuti Harrison was born in Queens, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York.

Full Name

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison

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Unknown

RESIDENCE

For a time, Ms. Harrison lived in the East Village of Manhattan, New York.

1934

BIRTH

Barbara Grizzuti was born in Jamaica, Queens, New York, on September 14, 1934.

1954

RESIDENCE

Ms. Harrison lived and worked at the Watchtown Bible and Tract Society in Brooklyn Heights, New York, for about three years around 1954.

1969

LITWORK

Unlearning the Lie: Sexism in School
New York: Liveright Publishing Corporation
0871405598 / 978-0871405593
Nonfiction.

1978

LITWORK

Visions of Glory: A History and a Memory of Jehovah's Witnesses
Simon & Schuster
0671225308 / 978-0671225308
Nonfiction.

1980

LITWORK

Off Center
The Dial Press
0803766777 / 978-0803766778
Collection of essays and interviews.

1984

LITWORK

Foreign Bodies
Doubleday
0385192959 / 978-0385192958
Novel.

1989

LITWORK

Italian Days
Weidenfeld & Nicolson

Travel book and winner of the American Book Award.

1991

LITWORK

The Islands of Italy: Sicily, Sardinia, and the Aeolian Islands
Ticknor & Fields
0395593026 / 978-0395593028
Travel book.

1992

LITWORK

The Astonishing World
Ticknor & Fields
0395591058 / 978-0395591055
Collection of essays and interviews.

1996

LITWORK

An Accidental Autobiography
Houghton Mifflin
0395780004 / 978-0395780008
Autobiography.

2002

DEATH

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison died at a hospice in Manhattan, New York, on April 24, 2002.

2002

RESIDENCE

Ms. Harrison was living in Park Slope, Brooklyn, New York, at the time of her death.

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